One of my goals is to make the tools I’m using a regular topic of these blog posts. So, to kick that off, I’m going to talk about the tool which has inspired this leap in the first place: Writing Excuses. Writing Excuses is a podcast hosted by Brandon Sanderson, Mary […]
A decade of AR ruined the look of this town. Every building was whitewashed in cheap high-contrast, punctuated by brown streaks of neglect. Vince passed the storefronts with disinterest, their identical facades barely registering. Most people had lenses, and those losers were treated to an animated inanity around every door. […]
Asking for criticism on writing is kind of a weird thing. First, it’s an obvious request. After all, it is absolutely vital that a writer get more eyes on his or her piece before trying to send it out professionally. Without it, I would be firing off first drafts of […]
One of the things which has really stuck with me is Brandon Sanderson saying that good writing is about practice. According to him, just like any skill, becoming good is just a matter of continual practice practice practice. This is unsurprising given that writing, like anything else, is just a […]
So, there’s always a bit of hesitancy when it comes to the first words on the page. After all, these are going to be the first words most readers will see, so they need to have the appropriate amount of gravitas. Well, at least, that’s true for a story. Fortunately, […]
