Character Situation Exercise
Elmore Leonard’s “Ten Rules of Writing”
Advice from Stephen King
SpaceX and StarLink and numbers, Oh my! (Part 1)
Force Multipliers – Studying things that make a difference
Finding my Theme, again. Part 4 – Upsetting tradition
Reading Time: 3 minutes The status quo, the traditional, the institutionalized, the norm. All those things are often there not because they are good, efficient, or effective but because they are familiar, tried, and tested.
The progress of video game graphics
Finding my Theme, again. Part 3 – find your tribe
Reading Time: 4 minutes Never in history has there been a better time for finding or creating your tribe.
Finding my Theme, again. Part 2
Finding my Theme, again. – Technology and Society
Your theme will take the form of a rant that begins with any of these four sentences. For as long as I can remember I've felt there is something exciting at the intersection of _______ and _______ I deeply believe that the world needs _______ Never in history has...
A teenage girl climbing a rock cliff with a man below her
Author's note: Following the Neil Gaiman Master Class series, he offers the following exercise. Take one of the simple settings below and write a page about it, trying to undermine the reader’s expectations. For example, you’re writing about a man at a party who is...
Two old women sitting on a bench with knitting needles and yarn
Author's note: Following the Neil Gaiman Master Class series, he offers the following exercise. Take one of the simple settings below and write a page about it, trying to undermine the reader’s expectations. For example, you’re writing about a man at a party who is...
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