Einstein once said: Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Shows his view on the subject of unlocking imagination, doesn’t it?...

Writing about what you learn can deepen your understanding in several ways. It requires thoroughly exploring topics, articulating your thoughts clearly, and reflecting on connections. This process reveals gaps and inconsistencies in your knowledge. Regular writing also improves retention and communication skills long-term. The...

"If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."...

Sherlock Holmes will always be arrogant, Deadpool will always be reckless, and Wolverine will always be terrible at teamwork. These kinds of iconic flaws are a core part of the personality, too integral to “solve”, and they make the hero fun to watch....

I'm attempting to polish up the end of the current arc of my longfic. I like having a buffer for my weekly upload schedule! There are two more chapters to write and then I'm on to planning the next arc....

I hope you are salivating to learn this magical tool. You need to first suffer through one full paragraph of theory. I know you will do this because you are intelligent and patient and because I am flattering you quite thickly....

Jacob McNatt is a media composer, voice talent, sound designer, and session musician whose work has been featured in television, trailers, video games, podcasts and more - many that have been nominated for awards in music, sound, and storytelling....

"We also have knowledge of another superstition from that period: belief in what was termed the Book-Man. On some shelf in some hexagon, it was argued, there must exist a book that is the cipher and perfect compendium of all other books, and some librarian must have examined that book; this librarian is analogous to a god."...

Minimalist, federated, self-hosted blogging platform. Posted here as a tool for our creatives looking for alternative methods to publish their work on the Fediverse....

Or the other way around: something you like to read, but don't like to write? (Not that you struggle to write, but hate doing it at all. Even if you are good at it.)...

Free guides, podcasts and interviews about writing. Featuring Margaret Atwood, Nicci French, Tim Clare, Elizabeth Haynes, Mark Dawson, Joanna Penn and more!

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I just realized that I seldom write/read fanfiction of books, and when I do, it's because they've been adapted to multi-media. Like, when I was into the LoTR and Hobbit fandoms, my baseline was the movies. When I got into Hannibal, it was because of the TV show. Harry Potter--the recent video game. Even my most recent story, set...

I was pondering this earlier in the week. People have summaries they like and ones they will scroll past without considering the story at all....

The main character wakes up one day to discover that everyone in the world has vanished, leaving only empty cities and clues hinting at a malevolent force behind the disappearance. As they uncover the truth, they realize they may not be alone after all.

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What are you working on? What's you progress this week?

If you ever have the problem of forgetting you were writing something and closing a window, or accidentally navigating away from the page on which you are composing, this is the browser extension to save your ass: Form History Control....

Sometimes despite how much you enjoy a subject your brain for some reason cannot math out how to get those concepts out of your head and into the world at large....

Happy Saturday, fellow writing nerds! Today we will be kicking off an idea that I had about short fiction slams to engage the #writingcommunity....

Welcome! This club is open for all sub-genres of fantasy or even some others if you’d like to pitch something. This includes writing, art, or other forms of fantasy world building. It’s really up to you to show how it relates to work you’re writing....

In hell souls are trapped in a perpetual state of freefall. Write about one soul's realization that they can manipulate the laws of physics in this realm and their attempts to find a way to control their descent or ascend to a different plane.

Is anyone else using Camp NaNoWriMo to help write their fanfics?...

I thought it might be a little fun to discuss how we first got started with fanfiction. How were you guys introduced and what made you write your first story?...

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