Top 10 Lists

The Writing Tips Blog of Many Colors

The new home of my Tumblr blog! Here you can find my curated tips on the writing process. Everything from worldbuilding and character design to story structure, themes, and tackling those tough tropes and archetypes, with a few top ten lists sprinkled about.

Jul 234 min read

Top 10 Lists

Another 5 Character Types the World Needs More of (Part 3)

1. Character who is immune to everyone else’s bullshit This can either be funny or a breath of fresh air. I’m talking your drama cast of...

Jul 236 min read

Top 10 Lists

10 Plot Premises That Never Get Old

There’s a great many lists out there complaining about the worst and most overused tropes in fiction. I want to pass the mic to tropes...

Jul 236 min read

Worldbuilding and Discovery

11 Underexplored Settings of Post-Apocalyptic Worlds

Inspired once again by my recent binge of abandoned explorations. The greatest hits of the sprawling city scapes and farmland that...

Jun 147 min read

Tropes, Clichés, and Archetypes

10 More Character Types the World Needs More of

1. Fiercely independent character’s lesson isn’t to “trust people” I’m not projecting. You’re projecting. There is a divide wide enough...

Jun 149 min read

The Writing Process

8 Signs your Sequel Needs Work

Sequels, and followup seasons to TV shows, can be very tricky to get right. Most of the time, especially with the onslaught of sequels,...

May 237 min read

Tropes, Clichés, and Archetypes

Top 10 Narrative Pet Peeves

For now In one way or another, these all boil down to “Author took a shortcut and I absolutely noticed”. In other words, most of these...

May 235 min read

Character Creation and Design

10 Character Dynamics the World Needs More of

Me handing out character dynamics like free samples at the Mall Food Court: “Take one! Or two! You’ll love it!” I don’t care how many...