So I had reached the point where the floodwaters of my creative process couldn’t take further damming, and the levees were going to break. This would have probably resulted in […]
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Perils of the Writer: The Creative Freedom of Deleted Scenes
Of late, I’ve been a bit blocked, creatively. Not exactly writers’ block– but more a sense that the flow isn’t what it should be. Even writing this is taking more […]
Read moreAugust and Everything After
And now summer feels like it’s coming to a close, even though that’s really not the case. August always feels like “almost over”. Having finished with the con probably adds […]
Read moreFear is the Mindkiller, Fear is the Liberator
Fear has a powerful ability to cease up the creative mind. Not only in doing our work itself, but what we do with it after it’s finished– or as finished […]
Read moreExcerpts and Workshops
It’s been a busy week on this end, so this post will mostly be links. First, I’ve updated the Works page on my homepage. I updated the samples of Thorn […]
Read moreAction, Agency, Passivity, Pacifism
There is a tactic some writers (and screenwriters) use to put their characters in the “hero” column. It’s a tactic that is most recently used in “The Hunger Games” (with […]
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