Making Time for Creativity
What I've Been Wrestling With: Creative Pursuits I think (nearly) everyone, at some point in their life, had the urge to create. To write a book. To make a film.…
Explaining the Elements of Fiction (Introduction)
What I’ve Been Wrestling With: The Five Elements of Fiction. For fiction writers (and most non-fiction writers), having a grasp on the five elements of fiction is a fundamental…
The Most Important Thing You Can Do As A Writer
What I’ve Been Wrestling With: Finishing. Why is it easier to start something than to finish? Why is there an attraction toward something new and un-begun over an ongoing…
2021 Reading Recap: The Best and Worst Books I Read in 2021
After looking at my 2021 reading list, it is clearly a year of trilogies, sagas, and series. Also among them (and not to my surprise), I read predominantly in the…
The Great Plateau
What I’ve Been Wrestling With: The Plateau. In everything we do there is always the fear of reaching a point where our ability stagnates. This was the feeling I felt…