Lessons Why Do You Write That Way? 7 Dec 202022 Dec 2021 It Once Was Much Worse) At the end of my last story piece I mentioned that I had run into a little bit of trouble when transitioning from one scene…
Lessons The Watering Hole 5 Oct 202020 Dec 2021 A Calm Amidst the Storm) There is a video game called Shadow of the Colossus, in which the main character has trespassed onto forbidden lands and seeks the aid of…
Lessons The One, True Story 28 Sep 20206 Nov 2024 To Kill a Watchman) Less than one year before her death, Harper Lee's novel Go Set a Watchman was published to considerable controversy. First and foremost was the concern that…
Lessons Don’t Look at Me, This Wasn’t My Idea! 21 Sep 202020 Dec 2021 A Misstep) Sometimes a story doesn't go the way that you expected. Ideas that seemed so solid become mush when you try to write them out, or the pacing that…
Lessons This Changes Everything! 27 Apr 20201 Dec 2021 Beings of Change) I've never had the convenience of meeting the same person twice. I've known many people under the same name, and usually all somewhat similar to each other,…
Lessons First You Were There, Now You Are Here 23 Dec 201923 Nov 2021 A literary hero usually changes over the course of their story. That probably isn't a new idea to you. In fact, I have already discussed how the heavy use of…
Lessons The Changing of a Story 9 Dec 201920 Nov 2021 The Kernel) I am on the cusp of completing my story: The Toymaker. In it a small drummer toy is born to life, and then sent to find a mystical…
Lessons A Little Self-Reflection 2 Dec 201920 Nov 2021 Seeing Ourselves) Quite regularly we look at ourselves. Bathroom mirrors are an integral part of every morning routine, after all, and even if we say we don't care about appearances…
Lessons Journeys and Detours 18 Nov 201920 Nov 2021 The Journeyman's Questions) When we are children, we tend to set our hopes and dreams on moments that are in the immediate future. We long for a birthday that is…
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