If they knew what you know (2)
“I’m an imposter. If they knew what I knew I’d never work again.” This may be true. If it is, you’ve got some work to… Read More »If they knew what you know (2)
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If they knew what you know (1)
Sometimes it feels awkward to ‘sell’ an idea or product, but persuading people to agree / sign up / buy what you’re selling is fine… Read More »If they knew what you know (1)
Steven Pressfield on playing hurt
The concept in all these [“healing”] environments seems to be that one needs to complete his healing before he is ready to do his work.… Read More »Steven Pressfield on playing hurt
Story, not premise: 2000AD writing guidelines
These are great writing tips, applicable – with a bit of adaptation- to any medium. Future Shocks are self-contained, four page science-fiction short stories with a… Read More »Story, not premise: 2000AD writing guidelines
tl;dr
We live in an era where people will spend days of their lives – hours at a time – to watch a box set or… Read More »tl;dr
By the word
How long does it need to be? What would be different if, rather than being paid by the word, you were paying?
Neil Gaiman on character, motivation and plot
The next [building block of story] is the characters. Who are they? What do they want? I’m going to harp on a lot about what… Read More »Neil Gaiman on character, motivation and plot
The process
This is the process: Do some work. Just start. Work on it until the excitement of fresh ideas crumbles on contact with reality into the… Read More »The process
The practice school
This is the PRACTICE school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it. Some days you don’t want… Read More »The practice school
FAD: perfecting practice
The twelve week year didn’t work out for DC or its offspring, the Bookadile, but the practice of writing every day has held up well.… Read More »FAD: perfecting practice