Lessons Second Introductions 11 Mar 201916 Nov 2021 This last Thursday I posted the first third of a short story that starred a pretty deplorable character. Jake was either born without ethical restraints, or else he managed to…
Lessons Something Different 4 Mar 201915 Nov 2021 Well, here we are in a new series. Usually I try to make each series distinct from the one before, and thus avoid building off of any prior ideas. This…
Lessons Finding Your Sense of Style 25 Feb 201915 Nov 2021 One of the most valuable things about writing regularly is that you start to learn things about yourself you never knew. Perhaps one of the revelations that comes quickest is…
Lessons Raising the Stakes 18 Feb 201915 Nov 2021 Quality over Quantity) There is a common misconception in storywriting that the more lives that hang in the balance, the more important the story is. Consider the sequel that has…
Lessons Massive Forces 11 Feb 201915 Nov 2021 Characters are everything in a story. They represent our different ideals and beliefs, they give us an emotional anchor, and they serve as the bridge to immerse us into the…
Lessons Staggering Steps 4 Feb 201915 Nov 2021 Beginnings) On Monday I posted the first part of my new short story, which featured a character assigned a mission to carry out on a distant world. Amidst feelings of…
Lessons Main Character Exit, Stage Right 28 Jan 201913 Nov 2021 One of the most common metrics people use when deciding the quality of a story is how it makes them feel. A story that makes one feel more is considered…
Lessons The Insurmountable Challenge 21 Jan 201913 Nov 2021 Opposition is a constant experience in our human lives. To make even the simplest of changes by necessity requires that we exist in one state, with our destination in another,…
Lessons Now You See Me 14 Jan 201913 Nov 2021 I've noticed an interesting phenomena of human behavior at work this last little while. We've been hiring a lot of new employees and there seems to be a pattern where…
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