The image of a writer cozily wrapped up in blankets on the couch or in bed dressed in pajamas with a notebook is an image well-loved in our society, and something many aspiring writers fantasize about. Unfortunately, if one wants to make any amount of money writing, that lifestyle is but a fantasy. If you […]
Main character syndrome is a term used to describe characters which clearly stand out as main protagonist characters. Symptoms include: Unnatural hair or eye colors An “emo swoop” (hair styled so that it covers half the face, yet is still considered attractive) Character is significantly more attractive than literally anyone else in the story Tragic […]
Most people, when they hear the word competition, immediately think of a great contest of will and skill, where there can be only one victor and all the rest are losers, doomed to a career of obscurity and wasting a life waiting tables just to scrape by. Quite the bleak outlook. Fortunately, it does not […]
A common criticism for literature and film is that a story has been told before, or, more specifically, a plot has been told before. I myself have had that experience recently, where I’ve written a story I was exceptionally proud of, only to realize upon looking it over that it’s just another rehashing of an […]
An interesting thing happened to me the other day as I was walking around my apartment complex. I was on a quest to fetch something out of the car, wearing as little as I could get away with because I live in Texas and it’s fucking hot in the middle of July, and not wearing […]
Playing With Demons 