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Tag Archives: writing
Writing Advice: Scrivener
Disclaimer: not a sponsored post. I just really like Scrivener. It’s been a long time since I’ve given any proper writing advice on this blog, but I had one thing I wanted to tell you after seeing recent developments in … Continue reading
Posted in reviews, Writing
Tagged Scrivener, World Anvil, writing, writing advice
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What If? Rejects #8.2: The Little Shop of Horrors
Previous post in this series: I Am Not a (Medical) Doctor Next post in this series: Tidal Waves Q: If a Venus fly trap could eat a person, about how long would it take for the human to be fully … Continue reading
Posted in chemistry, What If? Rejects
Tagged acid, google, Venus flytrap, what if?, writing
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What I Learned From Writing The Lacertan Incident
Last week, I published one of my short stories, The Lacertan Incident, on my blog. This week, I wanted to share some of the process of how I wrote and rewrote it, and what I learned from the experience. I … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Writing
Tagged beta reading, criticism, dealing with criticism, revising, rewriting, writing
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Quality control, part 3: the arts
This is final post in my series on quality control. Click the links to see part 1 and part 2. The Internet gives everyone a voice. It either has become or is becoming our library, our newspaper, our encyclopedia, our … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Technology, Writing
Tagged art, internet, publishing, quality control, sturgeon's law, writing
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Fun with word counts
Quick, which one of these books has more words in it? Have a guess? The book on the left has 516 pages, which at about 330 words per page means it probably has about 170,000 words, give or take. That’s … Continue reading
250 words per day: the dark side
I wrote before about the Magic Spreadsheet, which is the only thing that has ever really gotten me to write daily. I’m happy to report that I am at 51 days and counting, but it’s been getting harder, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged finding time, getting unstuck, magic spreadsheet, writing, writing and organizing
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The Magic Spreadsheet, or, Self-discipline = 250 words per day
One of the hardest parts of being a writer is finding enough time to write. Writers are busy people, with any number of things like day jobs, classes, families, and always being within arm’s reach of the Internet on their … Continue reading
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Tagged 250 words per day, finding time, how to be a writer, magic spreadsheet, writing
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