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For Science!
At Alpha this year I gave a presentation on the intersection of science and writing, with handy tips for how to do science right brilliantly and wrong elegantly. A significant portion of it was...
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POV and Style, PART I: Be a Ninja
I’m writing a blog post in first person present tense. For a blog post, first person present is a pretty easy choice. I’m the narrator, I’m the main character, I’m talking directly to a reader. No...
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POV and Style, PART 2: Do Your Groundwork
Stylized writing is something everyone wants to try, once or twice. Things like intensely tonal writing, insane temporal structures, and iambic pentameter sometimes are unique choices that add pop and...
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Enter Title Here
It seems like titles should be a reward. After the long struggle of making a story that is acceptable to all eyes including your own, the title should be the cherry on top of the most magnificent ice...
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A Pun Is Not A Premise
A pun is not a premise; it is a pun. A twist ending is not a premise. A punchline is not a premise unless your story is very, very short. Premise, for all the things it is not, is difficult to...
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