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How to Be a Terrible Critic

Listen up, shinies. This is terrible criticism 101 and I am your instructor, doctor Gary Stotle PhD. I’m here to teach you how to be the most biased, politically motivated, dull, and otherwise worst critic in town. What? Yeah, don’t worry, what you learn in this class should get you a job in no time.…

Is Starcraft II’s Campaign Actually AMAZING?!

That’s all. Really. Be sure to check out my latest novel, Book 2 in the Praetors of Lost Magic Series, and our Publications page. Plus, I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to check out the Resources tab. It’s full of super helpful material and I promise it will help you out. Until then, writers!

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Atmosphere in Novels

Many writers speak of a story’s three elements: plot, characters, and setting. This is basic-level stuff when it comes to writing fiction, and the beginners should know the basics. But writing great fiction, or even good fiction, is anything but basic, and this is the blog of someone who wishes to become great. Or it’s…

Sometimes Escalating Conflict Is Bad

Generally speaking, you want to small small and go big later on. You start with little problems: the main character’s late to school, the heroine wonders if she’ll get a raise, or now it’s hailing and Mr. So-and-so’s garden will be ruined. As the old JRPG meme goes, however: you start by helping a dog,…

Best of the Blog: The Hero Who Wants Something

“Whaddaya want?” Asks the barkeep. The cowboy across the counter flashes a winning smile. “Nothin’.” He says with a smile. “I’m perfectly content, I am. Don’t have any cows to herd, chickens to feed, farms to run, criminals to apprehend, friends to save, princesses to rescue from dragons, battles to fight, or wars to win.…

I’m Just Gonna Put This Here

Be sure to check out my latest novel, Book 2 in the Praetors of Lost Magic Series, and our Publications page. Plus, I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to check out the Resources tab. It’s full of super helpful material and I promise it will help you out. Until then, writers!

IT’S FINALLY HERE

GO GO GO! Be sure to check out my latest novel, Book 2 in the Praetors of Lost Magic Series, and our Publications page. Plus, I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to check out the Resources tab. It’s full of super helpful material and I promise it will help you out. Until then, writers!

How To Brute-Force Stuff In Writing

There’s no (or at least, very few) simple paths to writing success, and those that do exist still take a good amount of skill to pull off. Tried-and-true methods exist, of course, but ingenuity and thinking outside the box are what drive storytelling forward as an art. In other words, the old stuff shouldn’t be…

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