The Writer's Workout

Let’s face it: writing fiction, also known as filling a blank page with a wondrous, moving story, is hard.  It’s building an entire world from scratch, sometimes several worlds. Far too many potential writers give up before they begin just because of how daunting it can be… but it doesn’t have to be that way. The idea of writing is full of obstacles like comparison to other writers, work and family obligations, a perceived lack of time, and, of course, self-doubt. But if you

In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , Link wakes up entombed and suffering from amnesia. At the heart of his lost memories is Zelda, but—what is his connection to her? Why is that name… familiar? As the game unfolds, you are prompted to fight, explore, and, most pertinently: recall the past through Zelda's scattered memories. The game's open design allows you to experience them in any order, emulating Link's recollection without dissolving the story. And there lies the

How do you picture a “Freak of the Night”? Does he loom over you and haunt your nightmares? Is he made of someone else’s (or several...

The more I look around the more I realize: everyone has something to say, and something they believe they have to do. In fact I would argue that we all strive to have a purpose one way or another: a grand meaning for which we lead our lives. We’re all living on a giant hunk of spinning rock after all, so why not make the most out of that, right? Nothing’s ever just what it seems, and if it was, well, life would be kind of boring. You can apply that same idea to stories, too.

As a writer (and reader) who is passionate about character-driven stories, I’ve picked up ways in which writers are able to write...

Today, we're talking about something I think we all dread, even if it's only a little bit… being purposeful.  A lot of writers fear this...

It’s very easy to fall in love with words. Single ones, lost in the winds of our inspiration, or even securely latched to a grand flowery...