Writing 202: Savior Stories
In today's blogpost, the magnificent Anne discusses saviour stories, the multiple issues with using them, and the ways you can use them to promote tolerance instead of intolerance.
Worldbuilding and Writing 202: Bigotry
In today's post, Anne and I discuss bigotry in terms of worldbuilding and how to write about it without endorsing it.
Writing 105: Genre
Anne and I categorize various writing genres and the promises they make.
Character 103: Trauma and Edumucation
Anne and I talk about how education and trauma play important roles in how a character becomes who they are.
Writing 101: The 10 Rules of Writing, Part 2
Anne Winchell gives the second half of her rules of writing, focusing on advice and encouragement for writers.
Writing 101: The 10 Rules of Writing, Part 1
Anne Winchell gives the first half of her rules of writing, focusing on practical advice about storytelling and craft.
Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Speeches
Anne Winchell and I talk about how to do speeches, what makes them work, and what makes them fall short.
Character 101: Character Flavours
Anne Winchell and I discuss how to make a well-rounded character using flavours as a metaphor.
Writing 201: Conveying Without Saying
Anne Winchell has a discussion about how to show emotions rather than telling them.
Writing 201: Subtext
Anne Winchell discusses subtext and how to use it effectively; I sabotage it, sometimes.
Writing 102: Dialogue
Anne Winchell talks and speaks and expounds about dialogue and how to do it well
Worldbuilding and Writing 201: Offensive language.
Anne and I discuss offensive language both as a worldbuilding tool and as something to use in writing.
Writing 102: Conflict
Anne Winchell discusses conflict in literature and how it is vital to a story in some form.
Character 101: Getting Started
Anne and I talk together about how to make a character and the start of development, and we begin of a new series.
Writing 201: Advertisements
Anne Winchell explains how to do advertisements in a very nice manner.
Writing 101: Dramatic Structure
Anne Winchell details ways to structure stories around a dramatic question from the 3 Act Structure to the Hero’s Journey and beyond.
Worldbuilding & Writing 101: Fictoscience & Technobabble
A discussion about technobabble and fictoscience, what are the differences nad how to improve them.
Writing 101: Exposition
Anne Winchell comes back yet again to discuss how to improve information giving in writing without turning it into infodumps, exposition is important.