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A Perspective On Perspective

You’ve got the perfect idea for a story. You’ve nailed down a setting, plot beats, even characters. There’s one big question left to...

Jul 8, 20212 min read

Many times, inspiration is the kick in the butt we need to get writing: that first spark of an idea is what starts a story. Writing...

Jul 1, 20213 min read

The concept of showing and telling in writing changed my life. I remember sitting in a creative writing course in community college—my...

Jun 24, 20214 min read

The Tea Dragon Society and The Tea Dragon Festival by Kay O'Neill Tea Dragon Series Books 1 & 2 Genre: Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Middle...

Jun 17, 20214 min read

Any well-read consumer of fiction is aware of the plethora of tropes these stories contain. There’s “enemies to lovers” and the “chosen...

Jun 10, 20213 min read

(Notes: This article primarily covers Black Panther(1998) #1-5 written by Christopher Priest and art by Mark ‘Tex’ Texiera, so a fair...

Jun 3, 20215 min read

Voice is one of the more challenging aspects of story writing. Voice can be seen as the particular mixture of tone, syntax, word choice,...

May 27, 20213 min read

Unreliable narrators are one of my favorite characters to read. Trying to decipher intentions and finding inconsistencies in a story...

May 20, 20212 min read