by Brian Gardner | Jul 30, 2024 | Blog Series, Hard, Writing Update
Today we discuss the dreaded info dump. In many stories, especially speculative fiction, these are necessary pieces of expositive world-building. The problem is that good info dumps are hard. How do you insert it without beating your reader over the head with it and...
by Brian Gardner | Jul 23, 2024 | Blog Series, Hard, Writing Update
Sorry we missed each other last week. Work was bananas busy and I just didn’t have the time to write this blog. I hate it when that happens! Now that I’m back, we’re going to get into a more advanced topic. Diction is hard. Let’s chat about...
by Brian Gardner | Jul 9, 2024 | Blog Series, Hard, Writing Update
This topic could not be more relevant. If you’ve been here for a while, you know I’ve been struggling with consistent writing production. At the same time, making timelines and motivations and development all jive has been equally difficult. Suffice it to...
by Brian Gardner | Jul 2, 2024 | Blog Series, Hard, Writing Update
Time goes by so fast. I can’t believe it’s already July, already Tuesday again. It’s just another reminder that calendars are hard. Fortunately, that’s our topic today so at least my head is in the right place. Personally, I may not have a blog...
by Brian Gardner | Jun 25, 2024 | Blog Series, Hard, Writing Update
Today, we start a new series: Hard. I’m going to dive into a number of topics about why writing, and life in general, is hard and how to deal with that. Today, we start with why pacing is hard. Before that, though, I want to apologize for missing the last two...
by Brian Gardner | May 14, 2024 | Blog Series, Revisited, Writing Update
I know I said last week was the last post of this series, but I thought after such a long time revisiting old advice, it was worth having a Revisited Recap. We’ll chat about it below. In personal news, things are pretty wild around here. My youngest is about to...
