Segway Characters (Or when your protagonist knows jack about the story)
This is the protagonist of a sci-fi or fantasy world, generally a nobody who gets dragged in either by circumstance or by being the...
Jul 23, 20245 min read
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“How do I know if my story needs work or if I’m just being hard on myself?”
As I sit here accepting the fact that at 70k words into Eternal Night’s sequel while waiting for my editor for Eternal Night itself, that...
Jul 23, 20246 min read
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Creating Tragedy Through Human Error
One of my favorite sci-fi movies is Sunshine (07). In it, a team of highly skilled scientists is sent on a mission to our dying sun to...
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How to Make Your Writing Less Stiff Part 3
Once again, I am recirculating tried-and-true writing advice that shouldn’t have to compromise your author voice and isn’t always...
Jul 23, 20244 min read
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On Using Measurements and Metrics in Fantasy
This is what I do and what I find more immersive, easier to write, less world-bending, and more productive: I don’t use actual metric or...
Jul 23, 20244 min read
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Juggling Multiple POVS (Writing Like A Movie)
At one point in a WIP, I had one character being held captive, two characters on a quest to bust them out, two characters racing to join...
Jul 23, 20247 min read
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Your colloquialisms are ruining the immersion (or, non-contemporary dialogue)
I am no expert here! Whenever I wrote historical fiction it was anachronistic historical fiction. This advice is from a reader’s...
Jul 23, 20244 min read
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