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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
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...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
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),...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
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...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
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...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
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....
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
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...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
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...
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