writing

A Brief Note, Considering Characters

And what they do

Jun 25 •

Folklore, Fresh From The Source

Jun 3 •

Goals, Motives, and Purposes, Part IV

What your characters want

May 22 •

Goals, Motives, and Purposes, Part III

What your characters want

May 21 •

Goals, Motives, and Purposes, Part II

What your characters want

May 20 •

Goals, Motives, and Purposes, Part I

What your characters want

May 19 •

In My Beginning Is My Ending -- I Hope

When your idea is an opening scene

May 16 •

Coming-of-age Novels In Fantasy

The bildungsroman vs fantasy

May 5 •

My Writing Process

How do I write?

May 2 •

The Sticky Ideas Theory of Story Length

Brief observations on writing

May 1 •

The Cool Stuff Theory of Literature

so that's the trick

Apr 29 •

Circle Around, Circle Around

On story-hopping

Apr 10 •

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