Writing Advice – Craft & Process
Collecting the posts I’ve written about the craft and process of writing
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Short Stories That Are No Longer Short Stories & Load Bearing Ambitions
Yesterday was a weird writing day. I’m working on a short story…
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The Dailies
A few weeks back, I started picking up an old habit I’d…
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Hope and Fear and Writing
I’ve been tutoring creative writing at UQ for the last few months,…
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Searching for the Sweet Spot in Daily Word Count
My favourite function in Scrivener isn’t any of the fancy layout options,…
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Stuck on a Project? Try Stealing This Tip from Psychology
In the final weeks of 2018 I sat down and read Ellen…
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My Writing Goal For 2019: 1,460 Hours
My goal for 2019 is to spend 1,460 hours working on first…
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New Project Week & Three Card Monte Drafting
With the Warhol Sleeping draft in the bag, I get to start…
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Looking at MicroStructure in Mary Robinette Kowal’s “Evil Robot Monkey”
EVIL ROBOT MONKEY is a short story by Mary Robinette Kowal, available…
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Understanding the Micro-Structure of Scenes
Conversations about narrative structure often focus their attention on the macro level:…
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Taking a Look at Hoth and the Transition to the Second Act
Last year, my friend Kevin opened a can of worms a while…
