Writing Advice – Craft & Process
Collecting the posts I’ve written about the craft and process of writing
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Do You Know The Origins of Frequently Quoted Advice?
Trace the origins of the “ten thousand steps a day” health advice,…
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Narrative Assumptions in the Binge-Watch Era
Avengers: Endgame is a thoroughly unsatisfying movie as a stand-alone piece of…
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What Readers Ought To Know About What Writers Ought To Know About Die Hard
Every December, around this time, my blog goes a little crazy as…
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Today I'm feeling 20%
In the early days of my newsletter I posted a link to…
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New Board, Who Dis?
I wrote a rough plan for February, because January has been one…
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Judging Books By Covers
It’s been just over a year since my second short story collection…
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Action vs Results
There’s a really good post about process, goals, and identity over on…
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Anchor, Orient, Reduce, Contrast
Where do ideas come from? It’s the question that you’re not meant…
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Writing as a great and terrible steampunk juggernaut
There are weeks when my writing process feels like a great and…
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Sharkandos, Zombie Tidal Waves, and Verisimilitude
Last week, my partner showed me the trailer for the next film…
