Side Note: It's March 3rd, the birthday of the notorious Ian Mayes and Myself! Huzzah! John Brown, author of "Servant of a Dark God", gave a presentation at LTUE with Larry Correia. It was entitled "How to Develop Killer Story Ideas". In fact, if you go to his blog, there is a video recording of … Continue reading Generating Story Ideas: List and Twist
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Getting it Done
Generating Story Ideas: Brainstorming Poll #2
What is a good modern setting for our story? This could be a broad setting or a more narrow, specific setting. We could say "Dairy farms in California", or "The Office building on the corner of Jones and 4th, Las Vegas, NV." So long as it answers the question! Once again, please don't worry about … Continue reading Generating Story Ideas: Brainstorming Poll #2
Generating Story Ideas: Brainstorming Poll
What is a good profession for a modern-day villain? Answer via comments on this blog, mentions on Twitter, or Facebook and I'll keep the comments here updated with your responses. Please no repeats, post something that hasn't been said! Just post something - It doesn't matter how "good" the idea is, the purpose of the … Continue reading Generating Story Ideas: Brainstorming Poll
The Hemingway Defense – The Role of Substance Abuse in Writing
In his work The Wound and the Bow, Edmund Wilson discusses the relationship between art and madness. He has said, “genius and disease, like strength and mutation, may be inextricably bound up together”. The lives of many great American novelists seem to support this theory; in the lives of Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway we find … Continue reading The Hemingway Defense – The Role of Substance Abuse in Writing
November Approaches…
A lot has happened to me since Writing for Charity. Somewhere in that time, I got a job, went through midterms, moved, lost my mind, pulled my head out of my butt (no, not literally… that’s disgusting, what’s the matter with you?), exercised, laughed, ate brownies, and did a hell of a lot of homework. … Continue reading November Approaches…
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