To recap the last few posts, we've talked about the following: What world-building is and how to get started How to keep your world-buil...

This is part of a series on fictional world-building. We've talked about how to get started , how to organize your thoughts , and how yo...

Today, we're going to talk about one of my favorite parts of world-building: maps! This is the third part of a series on world-building....

Last week, we talked about what world-building is and how to get started . Among other things, we learned that world-building is... well, it...

Writing a compelling story requires a lot of ingredients. One key ingredient is the character arc. Compelling characters—especially protagon...

A lot of what I write here is projection. That is to say, a lot of my advice are things I need to remind myself. And one thing I constantly ...

“And so,” he said, “in the end, what must we determine? Is it the intellect of a genius that we revere? If it were their artistry, the beaut...

Most writers don't think of ourselves as actors, but we are a little bit. We have to imagine what our characters are feeling and then po...

It is objectively difficult to create when it feels like the world, including the networks and structures we take for granted, is crumbling ...

They say you have to murder your darlings, and you think, sure, I get that—a phrase here, a sentence there... But what if the feedback is th...

One of the hardest but most important aspects of editing your own work is reading it with fresh eyes. You can (and should!) do this with bet...

With the US's ongoing slide into a literal banana republic,* it is very difficult for me to think about writing and writing tips. I'...

If you're serious about writing, then you need to be serious about getting feedback. You might ask friends to read your work, swap draft...

I've had to take an extra break here due to sickness (and what a time to take a break!), but I read something a few days ago that's...

If you're going to write sci-fi or fantasy, then you need to know about abeyance. Abeyance in fiction  is the reader's willingness t...

The year was 1999. My generation hadn't had a new Star Wars movie in sixteen years. We believed the series was done. Over. The trilogy h...