Writing

The Mountain Won (and a ROW80 Check-in)

Time for more mountain analogies, Squiders. I think we’ve compared writing to climbing mountains before, but the fact of the matter is that you have a lot of time to think while you’re trudging uphill. So, last Friday, my family

It’s Okay to Slow Down

It’s already been a very long week, and my brain is tired, so I was commissioning ideas from my various writing peoples, and the Word Ninja over at Full Coverage Writers suggested I write about why a quill and ink

The Hidden Layers of Stories

As both a reader and a writer, I’m always interested in what doesn’t make it into a story. The fact is that, in order to give your story depth and realism, you need to know a lot more about your

Denver Comic Con, Cosplay, and Miscellany

So! It’s Denver Comic Con (or, as I shall refer to it from now on, DCC) this weekend and I’m of two minds. 1) I am really excited because it’s been a long time since I’ve gotten to really do

Is it Worth it to Know About Sub-genres?

If you’ve been around here for awhile, Squiders, you remember we spent about a year going through different science fiction and fantasy subgenres. As might be expected from going through such an activity, I sometimes find myself being really particular

Premise vs Plot vs Structure

Some time ago, Squiders, we discussed Premise and Plot. (That’s a fairly short post, but for those too lazy to click through, the basic gist is that a premise is the idea of the story, whereas the plot is the

Antagonist and Protagonist

Craft post today, Squiders. Protagonist, antagonist. Self-explanatory, right? Well, to some extent, yes. But let’s talk nuances. Your protagonist is the main driving character of your story. It is the person whose dilemma we care about the most. In most