STAKES FOR SUCCESS
Today's writing tip has to do with stakes. Not the ones you stick into vampires (although Secrets of the Dead has an interesting episode...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jul 17, 20201 min read
HISTORY AS YOU'VE NEVER READ IT BEFORE
Let's face it: things look pretty bleak right now. So today, I thought I'd take a break from serious writing tips and share this...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jul 10, 20201 min read
THE NEW PACKAGES I PROMISED + A TIP
Remember a few weeks ago when I asked you guys what sort of services you'd like to see on my website? Well, they're finally up! These...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jul 7, 20202 min read
CUTTING SALEM (AND OURSELVES) SOME SLACK
Last night, I watched another episode of Secrets of the Dead. #quarantinesociallife #orlackthereof #historynerd This episode was about...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jun 29, 20202 min read
RESCUE THE ROOMBA--NOT YOUR CHARACTERS
Not the Roomba in the story--its cousin, maybe? My landlord and landlady are letting me use their spare Roomba so I can keep the upstairs...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jun 22, 20203 min read
UNBOXING ... WELL, UNBOXING
Some of you might be thinking, "Where have you been, Candice? Unboxing has been a trend for a while now." I know. But today, I started...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jun 16, 20202 min read
DON'T MISS THE MARK ON CHARACTERS' PROFICIENCY
I couldn't find a picture of recreational gun- shooting on Unsplash, so we have this picture instead. 😁 I'm finally officially out of my...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jun 9, 20203 min read
BREAK ALL THE PHONES!
We've had quite a few heavy subjects in these posts lately, so today, I thought I'd lighten things up. A few years ago, I went to an...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jun 8, 20203 min read
UNBOXING
My landlady has sold the house where my roommates and I live (we've known this was coming for a few months), so I'm moving to Colorado...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Jun 4, 20203 min read
BEWARE OF FALSE DICHOTOMIES
A quote often misattributed to Aristotle (long story) says, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
May 26, 20206 min read
WHAT WRITERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LOWER-LEG INJURIES
Not my foot, but similar to what mine looked like after surgery In the writing world, I occasionally see articles such as "What Writers...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
May 25, 20203 min read
NOT AGAIN!
Earlier today, I was updating the Google Doc that hosts my current Star Wars Roleplaying Game campaign. We're down to two active players...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
May 15, 20202 min read
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE
Last night, I was listening to Cupid's "Cupid Shuffle," and it got me thinking about dances in general. I grew up in Iowa, and my church...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
May 14, 20202 min read
REVERSE! REVERSE!
I had an interesting experience a few years ago that taught me a lot about writing for an audience that may be hostile to what you're...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
May 12, 20203 min read
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Last night, I was watching an episode of PBS's documentary series Secrets of the Dead called "The Hunt for Nazi Scientists." This episode...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
May 5, 20202 min read
FAST IS OVERRATED
Last week was the third anniversary of my Lisfranc injury. For most people, a broken bone is a six-to-eight-week experience from injury...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
May 1, 20202 min read
TOO EASY?
Happy May Day! However, please don't celebrate it by getting yourself into a mayday situation. 😉 Speaking of mayday situations, I did...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Apr 30, 20202 min read
ENGLISH VS. ENGLISH-MAJOR-ESE
A common reaction when someone slips into English-major-ese One of my favorite college professors essentially introduced herself on the...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Apr 22, 20203 min read
PERFECTING PERSPECTIVE
You may have heard about the two students in Georgia who posted a racist video on TikTok (NOT. COOL.) and got expelled from school...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Apr 21, 20203 min read
ADVERBS, BEGONE!
When I was in college, the campus newspaper had a weekly section called the Police Beat. It featured tiny blurbs (no more than three...
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