Once in a blue moon I’d write something based around Poe Dameron’s lip bite at Finn, or Captain America’s first kiss since 1945 being with Falcon or Bucky—not Black Widow in a mall to hide from their enemies—but I never did the full song and dance of fanfiction accounts, sha...
The need to look into myself to write Source Code was a new experience for me. The deeper I got, the more I enjoyed parsing my past. I’ll continue this journey and plan to cover my software career in a future book, and eventually I’ll write one about my philanthropic work. As a...
You ought never to use an unfamiliar word unlessyou’ve had tosearch for it to express a delicate shade–where in effect you have recreated it. This is a damn good prose rule I think.… Exceptions: (a) need to avoid repetition (b) ne...
They might not be the person that writes the fan fiction or does the art or does any of those things that are really important for creating good items. So, getting to know other people on the team is so … it’s so helpful and so important in ways that I didn’t really think ...
When you want to form a habit, consistency is FAR more important than performance, so I made sure to pick a target that I could do every day without fail. Later on we can always scale up. Action:Write down your goal and put it somewhere you’ll see it as a reminder.Use this Motiva...
Circling back to where we began, change is always the goal. Change is what makes a story dimensional. Sure, I could write a mystery and have all the elements—a crime, red herrings, the solution—and that’s good enough. But to take the story to the next level...
So I get it and don’t blame anyone for longing to be embraced by Big Five Publishers. Thus I am going to offer some tips. Write a Good Book Yes, this falls under the “Um, duh” category but self-publishing has given a lot of emerging writers a shortcut to claim the title of ...
You’ll also need to decide what to write. Fiction or nonfiction? If you have an established blog, self-publishing a book about your niche is a no-brainer and a natural next step in your blogging journey. If you’re interested in writing fiction, do some research on the genre to see ...
Two other authors who come to mind are Kurt Vonnegut and Terry Prachett. Both write wonderful comedy. Kurt Vonnegut’s work runs dark, and never disappoints.Breakfast of Championshas great physical comedy. Pratchette’sColor of Magic, first in the Discworld series, has wonderful examples of sl...
participating in forums, discord servers, or subreddits; reading or writing fan fiction on sites like archive of our own or fanfiction.net ; drawing or viewing fan art on sites like deviantart ; or attending conventions, which may include game-themed panels, meetups, or cosplay. if you ...