Every now and then, my head expands out of all human proportion and I imagine myself a source of writerly wisdom. During moments like this, I pound out some incoherent babble into a text field and publish it to the blog.
Below is a selection of this babble, with pieces that sparked comments or debate marked with a red star:
Story Behind The Story – How I write, specifically how I wrote The Ligan Of The Disomus.
_ Part 1 : Phenograph vs. Genograph (Drawing inspiration from published authors vs. being a copycat.) ★
_ Part 2 : Crazy Writing (The thin line between creativity and madness.) ★
_ Part 3 : Setting as Personality (What happens when the world starts pushing back.)
_ Part 4 : The Reverse of Writer’s Block (When creativity runs faster than the fingers.)
In defense of coffee-shop writers [27 Mar 2010] ★
Fiction writers should read non-fiction too [18 May 2010]
Good vs. bad suspense [24 May 2010] ★
Keep reading advice – it can help your rewrites! [17 Jun 2010] ★
Working real-world anecdotes into fiction (Four story ideas from a July 4 fireworks display) [05 Jul 2010]
Four ways to come up with fictional names [31 Aug 2010]
What do action and problem mean for writers? (On Les Edgerton’s writing theory.) [14 Sep 2010]
Using a curious historical detail to build your story [21 Nov 2010]
Walking backward into reality (How physical activities can help your writing.) [24 Nov 2010]
Solving a writing problem by listening to the story [26 Nov 2010]
What music and movies can teach writers about listening to revision advice (On Hey Ya! and Gone With The Wind.) [07 Jan 2011]
How to tell if you’re a good writer : a pre-query quiz [18 Jan 2011]
Story structure helps your story fly [18 Feb 2011] ★
Four approaches to female characters in historical fiction and fantasy [01 Jul 2011]
