Today’s tropes are brought to you by the heroes that are so brutal and questionable that they’re almost villains. Let’s preface this with a quick distinction between heroes and villains, and protagonists and antagonists. Every story has a protagonist and an antagonist, but not every story has a hero and a villain. What does that […]
This is a companion post to Writing is a War of Attrition, but it’s also a cornerstone post for ALL fiction writers. Non-fiction writers, you guys are in a slightly different boat. Writing needs to be fun. Not should be fun or can be fun. Not writing is fun sometimes. Writing needs to be fun. […]
If you’ve been following this blog, then you might’ve seen earlier posts where I compared writing and publishing to running a marathon. That metaphor still stands, but I want to explore this one. Why use multiple metaphors when one would do? When I coached swimming, it was common to explain the same drill multiple ways […]
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