One of my closest friends recently shared an Instagram short with me from a small-time, self-published author whose solution to pacing problems was, "Make waiting dangerous," which prickled me enough to make me ask why and want to unpack it. Let's assume for the moment that 1) AJ is sincere in his attempt to help newer writers with pacing and 2) the story told is true: AJ's best friend approached him and admitted that she's been having an affair behind her husband's back the

Just a heads up, I won't be posting a blog next week, since it's nearing the end of the quarter. In the first draft of last week's post, I originally deviated from discussing the pros and cons of writing so soon after a session vs waiting to talking about Ernest Hemingway's "Iceberg Theory," otherwise referred to as the theory of omission. The iceberg illustrates that the elements the reader sees on the page such as character dialogue or action, the tip of the iceberg, are al

I want the world to know ♫ (I'm starting to notice a trend with these recent posts....) Embers Hot, Embers Cool Rereading transcripts so I can catch up on (re)writing Cael's journal entries months after playing the relevant session(s) has its perks. It's not the same as writing them while my creative synapses are in full tilt, which also has its uses, but maybe that's because both modes are two sides to the same coin, like the constant flip between the faces of discipline and