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Month: August 2018

Five tips for writing great characters

CatToday, some tips for writing, after all those rants about TV shows and politics recently.

I’ve been doing a lot with characterization this past period, so let me share some of what I learned. Here are five tips for creating better characters.

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Author Martin StellingaPosted on August 31, 2018Categories WritingTags Character, Writing

Creativity

Ponte VeccioI was reading an article in the paper recently about creativity falling in the US since the nineties (it’s in Dutch). That got me thinking.

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Author Martin StellingaPosted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018Categories WritingTags Media, Politics, Writing

Picking Apart Star Trek Discovery

DiscoveryIn space, no one can hear you scream. That’s good, because I wanted to scream after watching the first season of Star Trek: Discovery. Of course, saying I don’t like something is one thing, supporting that with arguments takes a bit more work.

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Author Martin StellingaPosted on August 17, 2018Categories WritingTags Picking apart, Science fiction, TV Show

Review: the Alienist

AlienistSomebody decided that a late-nineteenth century police procedural/drama set in New York was just what we needed, so they made the Alienist. I think they were right.

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Author Martin StellingaPosted on August 10, 2018Categories ReviewsTags Review, TV Show

Number of the Beast, some thoughts on an only child

Only ChildMy daughter is an only child. I have friends who have two, three, or no children, but we decided differently. I haven’t seen any single-child father’s point of view on this subject, so here’s my two cents.

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Author Martin StellingaPosted on August 3, 2018Categories Being a DadTags Dad, Parenthood

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