Craft Articles

Some nitty gritty plot revision tactics

using visuals to help organize your thoughts.

Sep 17 •

The Hierarchy of Bad Writing

What does a normal distribution of talent look like?

Sep 10 •

What to do when you get an edit letter

the most heavy of missives

Aug 20 •

What is bad plotting?

And how to avoid it

Jul 30 •

I'm live-blogging me working out some plot issues

read along while I attempt to work myself out of a corner

Jul 23 •

Worldbuilding exercise 1

try this even if it's not your thing

Jul 9 •

How to do set pieces with multidimensional characters

more things ~= cardboard people

Jun 25 •

Advice: What if I'm not high concept?

Some books are quiet, some books are common

Jun 18 •

Plot exercise 1

you need to get looser when thinking about plot

May 21 •

How to write setting that pops

setting as character

Apr 30 •

How can you make your writing have heart?

what does and doesn't work to provoke emotionality

Apr 2 •

In defense of stupidity

Thoughts on the craft of writing and publishing from a deeply analytical writer person

Jan 16 •

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