Writer's-Block Busters 3/3

Apr 3, 20203 min read

THE MUSIC OF THE . . . WRITE

One interesting effect of quarantine has been that I haven't been listening to music nearly as much lately. Most of my listening usually...

Apr 2, 20203 min read

THE ART OF THE PLOT TWIST

I spent a good hour yesterday struggling to figure out how to attach my new bike rack to my car (while the directions kept blowing away),...

Mar 13, 20204 min read

AN OFFBEAT WRITING TOOL

Remember how we discussed roleplaying games (RPGs) in the last post? Most of them, if you recall, require dice rolls to see whether...

Feb 18, 20202 min read

EMBRACE THE WEIRD

The summer I turned seventeen, I went with my mom and oldest brother (whom I'll call "T") to St. Petersburg, Russia, to visit our...

Jan 31, 20201 min read

TRY THIS TOOL FOR HIGHER WRITING PRODUCTIVITY

Recently, I stumbled across a writing-related post on Pinterest. It recommended, among other things, a tool called Fighter's Block....

Jan 27, 20202 min read

WEIRD QUESTIONS --> COOL INSIGHTS

Years ago, I came across a questionnaire for people to use when creating their player characters (PCs) for Dungeons and Dragons or other...

Jan 8, 20202 min read

1 WEIRD WAY TO BEAT WRITER'S BLOCK

Writer's block. Whether or not you think it's real, we all have those times when we just don't know what to put next on the page. Not...