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For a long time, I refused to read books about the craft of writing. I used to think, "Why should I read about writing when I could be writing?" For a long time, I felt reading fiction and comics was the best way to learn how to write. How-to-Write books... [Read More]

When I started writing this post, the first question I had was, "Is this a guide?" In some ways it is. But in many ways, it's not.INFP writers need something better than a guide. They need permission. Um, let me rephrase that: We need permission. We need permission to be... [Read More]

For me writing a story rarely sticks to the plan. Settings, plots, and characters that I believe are the perfect fit can be out of style a few chapters in. However, instead of getting frustrated by this, I look forward to it, because I know this is another way that... [Read More]

Sometimes while working on a fiction project, you can hit a point where you lose sight of your story. You can miss that excitement you had when you first started it, or something about the story doesn't feel right anymore.As an INFP, ideas often come to me non-chronologically, and that... [Read More]

Currently, I'm working on a story with a cyberpunk inspired setting. As I work on it, I am even more amazed at how developing a setting is just important as developing good characters. Setting impacts not only what characters do and experience in a story, but also what the reader... [Read More]

Sometimes it can be hard to find a writing schedule that works, especially when you have a busy life.But the nice thing about writing is that it doesn't take much time to write a few words, and thanks to mobile devices, it's possible to write anywhere at anytime.Here are two... [Read More]