writing-about-writing
- "Why We Love Villains" [Video Recommendation]
- "Stop thinking!"
- Is Creative Writing Self-Expression?
- I Should Be Honest With You
- Using Random Word Generators
- Creating a Stable Connection to Your Imagination
- What Critique to Ignore
- What Happens When There's No Conflict?
- Why Conflict is Necessary
- The Writer's Mindset
- The Virtues of a Functional Story
- Conscious and Unconscious Inspiration
- How Do I...? Ellipses
- Can Dark Stories Be Uplifting? Part 4
- Can Dark Stories Be Uplifting? Part 3
- Can Dark Stories Be Uplifting? Part 2
- Can Dark Stories Be Uplifting? Part 1
- Suspending Disbelief
- Self-Improvement for Writers
- How Do I...? Dashes
- Write As Your Antagonist
- The Masks of the Dealer -- What Does it Mean?
- The Masks of the Dealer -- The Dealer as Shadow
- The Masks of the Dealer -- The Dealer as Mentor
- The Masks of the Dealer -- Vogler's Archetypes
- Three Ways to Start Your Story
- Writing the Middle
- Grammar in Creative Writing
- Method Writing -- The Making of "Bael-Sur"
- The Writer's Responsibility -- A Manifesto
- Building Characters Organically
- Character vs. Conflict, and Does it Really Matter?
- How Do I...? Thoughts
- Eight Points of View -- Second Person
- Eight Points of View -- Objective Third
- Eight Points of View -- Omniscient Third
- Eight Points of View -- The Observer-Narrator
- Eight Points of View -- First Person and Limited Third
- Eight Points of View -- An Introduction to Point of View in Fiction
- How Do I...? Paragraphs
- The Fundamental Difference Between Fantasy and Science Fiction
- We Stress Reading Too Much
- Goethe's Three Criteria
- Should Critiques Be Objective?
- How Do I...? Dialogue
- Why I Don't Research... Much
- Your World is an Iceberg
- Use Randomness to Get Unstuck
- My Writing Style
- My Writing Habit
- The Problem with Inner Problems
- Active and Reactive Decisions
- Message vs. Theme
- Using Real Life -- Antagonists
- Details Tell
- Finding Your Writer's Voice
- Stop Trying to be Unique
- 4 Things Every Story Needs
- My Process
how-do-i
- How Do I...? Ellipses
- How Do I...? Dashes
- Grammar in Creative Writing
- How Do I...? Thoughts
- How Do I...? Paragraphs
- How Do I...? Dialogue
reflections
- Looking Into 2022 [Updates]
- Reflections 2021... Maybe [News & Announcement]
- 2020 Reflections
- 2019 Reflection
- 2018 Reflection
- What's Coming in 2018
prompts
- Writing Prompts 49
- Writing Prompts 48
- Writing Prompts 47
- Writing Prompts 46
- Writing Prompts 45
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- Writing Prompts 39
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- Writing Prompts 32
- Writing Prompts 31
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- Writing Prompts 29
- Writing Prompts 28
- Writing Prompts 27
- Writing Prompts 26
- Writing Prompts 25
- Writing Prompts 24
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- Writing Prompts 22
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- Writing Prompts 20
- Writing Prompts 19
- Writing Prompts 18
- Writing Prompts 17
- Writing Prompts 16
- Writing Prompts 15
- Writing Prompts 14
- Writing Prompts 13
- Writing Prompts 12
- Writing Prompts 11
- Writing Prompts 10
- Writing Prompts 9
- Writing Prompts 8
- Writing Prompts 7
- Writing Prompts 6
- Writing Prompts 5
- Writing Prompts 4
- Writing Prompts 3
- Writing Prompts 2
- Writing Prompts 1
ideas-to-steal
- Idea You Can Steal 62 -- A Strange Woman, An Old Friend, and a Curious String of Coincidences
- Idea You Can Steal 61 -- The Guardians' Betrayal
- Idea You Can Steal 60 -- The Great Christmas Light Fight
- Idea You Can Steal 59 -- The City of Doors
- Idea You Can Steal 58 -- A Not-So-Simple Robbery
- Idea You Can Steal 57 -- Huge, Inc. Makes New, Strict Green Pledge
- Idea You Can Steal 56 -- The Wizards' Fortress
- Idea You Can Steal 55 -- Breaking the Family Curse
- Idea You Can Steal 54 -- A Wonderful Illness
- Idea You Can Steal 53 -- Welcome Back
- Idea You Can Steal 52 -- Two Escape
- Idea You Can Steal 51 -- Getting Back to Business
- Idea You Can Steal 50 -- Burying the Records
- Idea You Can Steal 49 -- Meet Their Maker
- Idea You Can Steal 48 -- Stuck
- Idea You Can Steal 47 -- Threat to the Colony
- Idea You Can Steal 46 -- "Drive the outsider from our midst!"
- Idea You Can Steal 45 -- The Robot Child
- Idea You Can Steal 44 -- Lost in the Clockwork City
- Idea You Can Steal 43 -- The Wizard-King's Defense
- Idea You Can Steal 42 -- The Healing Ritual
- Idea You Can Steal 41 -- Lost Identity
- Idea You Can Steal 40 -- "I'm going to find myself some treasure!"
- Idea You Can Steal 39 -- The Lost Tribe
- Idea You Can Steal 38 -- The Possessed Amulet
- Idea You Can Steal 37 -- The Box of Letters
- Idea You Can Steal 36 -- When a God Dies
- Idea You Can Steal 35 + The Elephant in the Room
- Idea You Can Steal 34 -- The Secret Town
- Idea You Can Steal 33 -- Surprise in the Will
- Idea You Can Steal 32 -- An Old Romance
- Idea You Can Steal 31 -- A Cozy Life Shattered
- Idea You Can Steal 30 -- An Artist's Chance
- Idea You Can Steal 29 -- A Deal with Mischief
- Idea You Can Steal 28 -- The Street Rat and the Dark God
- Idea You Can Steal 27 -- The Outsiders' Cure
- Idea You Can Steal 26 -- Death in the Elevator
- Idea You Can Steal 25 -- "I need to go"
- Idea You Can Steal 24 -- A Warrior's Oath
- Idea You Can Steal 23 -- Park Mystery
- Idea You Can Steal 22 -- The Disappearing Resort
- Idea You Can Steal 21 -- Keeping the Case Cold
- Idea You Can Steal 20 -- A Chessmaster's Legacy
- Idea You Can Steal 19 -- The Case of the Missing Assistant
- Idea You Can Steal 18 -- Desertion
- Idea You Can Steal 17 -- A Working Family
- Idea You Can Steal 16 -- A Place Outside of Time
- Idea You Can Steal 15 -- Justice for the Sheriff
- Idea You Can Steal 14 -- The Biodome Colony
- Idea You Can Steal 13 -- The Shy Guardian
- Idea You Can Steal 12 -- The Alluring Hunt
- Idea You Can Steal 11 -- Patient Zero
- Idea You Can Steal 10 -- The Moon's Champion
- Idea You Can Steal 9 -- Stone of Fascination
- Idea You Can Steal 8 -- The Empty Spaceship
- Idea You Can Steal 7 -- The Emperor's Amulet
- Idea You Can Steal 6 -- The Tainted Three
- Idea You Can Steal 5 -- Ghost in the Crystal
- Idea You Can Steal 4 -- Grandma's Coupons
- Idea You Can Steal 3 -- The Box
- Idea You Can Steal 2 -- The Monk and the Enigneer
- Idea You Can Steal 1 -- The True Tyrant
friday-fiction
- Friday Fiction -- Dinner in Silver Arches, Part 1
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 7
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 6
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 5
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 4
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 3
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 2
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 1
- Friday Flash 18 -- Madame Carmine's Advice
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 8
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 7
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 6
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 5
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 4
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 3
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 2
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 1
- Friday Fiction -- Crystal Towers
- Friday Flash 17 -- By the Sacred Flame
- Friday Fiction -- When the Valley Blooms
- Friday Fiction -- A Day at Camp Cottonwood
- Friday Flash 16 -- Safe Room
- Friday Fiction -- Santa Claus Station
- Friday Flash 15 -- Crossing the Divide
- Friday Flash 14 -- The Lake Between Worlds
- Friday Flash 13 -- Teardrop
- Friday Flash 12 -- Rescue
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 5
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 4
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 3
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 2
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 1
- Friday Flash 11 -- The Clocks of Tynsk
- Friday Fiction -- Bael-Sur
- Friday Flash 10 -- Nocturne
- Friday Flash 9 -- The Rainy City
- Friday Flash 8 -- Unanswered
- Friday Flash 7 -- Doomed
- Friday Flash 6 -- The Psychic's Creed
- Friday Flash 5 -- Tales of Dragonia
- Friday Flash 4 -- Warrior of the North
- Friday Flash 3 -- Black Thunder
- Friday Flash 2 -- Our New World
- Friday Flash 1 -- Eruption
8-povs
- Second Person Observer-Narrator -- Garrett Morton
- Second Person -- Niles Vasco
- Eight Points of View -- Second Person
- Eight Points of View -- Objective Third
- Objective Third
- Eight Points of View -- Omniscient Third
- Omniscient Third
- Third Person Observer-Narrator -- Garrett Morton
- Eight Points of View -- The Observer-Narrator
- First Person Observer-Narrator -- Garrett Morton
- Eight Points of View -- First Person and Limited Third
- Limited Third -- Professor Matthew Ellar
- First Person -- Dora Marcel
- Eight Points of View -- An Introduction to Point of View in Fiction
the-sword-in-lake-mitchell
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 5
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 4
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 3
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 2
- Friday Fiction -- The Sword in Lake Mitchell, Part 1
the-masks-of-the-dealer
- The Masks of the Dealer -- What Does it Mean?
- The Masks of the Dealer -- The Dealer as Shadow
- The Masks of the Dealer -- The Dealer as Mentor
- The Masks of the Dealer -- Vogler's Archetypes
can-dark-stories-be-uplifting
- Can Dark Stories Be Uplifting? Part 4
- Night's Wake 2036
- Can Dark Stories Be Uplifting? Part 3
- Can Dark Stories Be Uplifting? Part 2
- Can Dark Stories Be Uplifting? Part 1
reclaiming-the-city
- Friday Fiction -- Dinner in Silver Arches, Part 1
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 7
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 6
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 5
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 4
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 3
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 2
- Friday Fiction -- Coldessi Park, Part 1
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 8
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 7
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 6
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 5
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 4
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 3
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 2
- Friday Fiction -- On the Red Line, Part 1
- Friday Fiction -- Crystal Towers