by Robert | Oct 14, 2020 | Blog, Characters, Writing Tips
Creating great characters is the number one thing you can do when you’re trying to tell a compelling story. I’ve written about the basics of character creation before, but I wanted to delve a little more deeply into my process. Keep in mind that these are things that...
by Robert | Oct 8, 2020 | Blog, Flash Fiction
Faith reemerged into consciousness to the relentless, off-key dirge of the alarms competing for her attention. She forced one eye open and discovered one of those alarms was signaling that her life-support system was down to thirty-four percent. Only thirty-four...
by Robert | May 14, 2020 | Blog, World Building, Writing Tips
When I’m introducing a new physical location to a story, I think about what I would look for, or notice, were I the one that was seeing that location for the first time. That can vary, depending on the location, but I know that I’m still going to probably use all six...
by Robert | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog, Writing Tips
Some days I have to actively force myself to stop typing and get up to take a break. I love those days, because I can see real progress on a project. But that doesn’t happen every day. Sometimes I’m tired, or unmotivated. Some days I struggle with anxiety and...
by Robert | Apr 10, 2020 | Blog, Writing Tips
From a collection of color coded notecards to the latest in online-based, team-centric software, there are so many great options available to today’s writer for putting together the perfect project. Long gone are the days where writing projects were scribble out in...
