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I read ‘the Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck‘ the past two weeks. I won’t be reviewing the book itself, rather I want to take a look at how this book applies to two important parts of my own life: being a writer and being a dad.
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Today, 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.
I 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.
I recently finished a manuscript, which means I’m currently waist-deep in editing and wading in deeper. In that vein, let me share some things I learned from editing prose over the years.
Recently, I got into an e-mail argument with a critic from a Dutch newspaper about the literary merits of fantasy and science fiction. The critic posited that the genres had ‘grown up’ and in doing so were actually making themselves a part of literary fiction. So, a rant about literary fiction snobbism.