Every good project deserves another, especially in the ever evolving race to obtain and maintain relevance in your field. But let’s say you’ve just finished a project, or you’re easing yourself back in after taking a break, and aren’t ready for some giant undertaking. Let’s figure out how to start small, but in a way that will still help you achieve meaningful results.
Read MoreWriting - General
Creating Through Constricting
I’ve talked previously about ideas being cheap, and as your list of ideas expands, time can become the limiting factor. When it comes time to actually sit down and make something, that list can become more of a hindrance than help. Installing constraints on your work artificially reduces the number of options that you have, which may help you push past your writer’s block and on to creating.
Read MoreIntroduction to 5-Point Writing Structure
When you’re looking to write a piece, the 5 Point Writing form is both simple and versatile. It can be adopted to sketches, screen work, novels, and anything that contains a story or a narrative. Though not the only option for forms, it remains one of the most ubiquitous. Let’s look a little closer at each of the elements of five point storytelling.
Read MoreIn Defense of Finishing a Bad Project
We’ve all been there - you had a great idea, you have a night of amazing writing, the words pour out of you onto the page, and you go to sleep content, only to find the next morning that everything you’ve written is...not up to your standards, to put it mildly. Here’s why you should still keep going. Time for some tough love.
Read MoreWriting Your First Tabletop RPG
in RPG, Writing - General
So You’ve Decided to Write an RPG!
First of all, that’s awesome, way to go. Writing anything is a challenge, but you are welcomed with open arms into the community of creators.
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