Disaster by Alpha Stock Images used under CC BY-SA 3.0 Five Tips for Giving Useless Writing Advice You too can join the popular trend of giving hot but useless takes. October 22, 2022February 6, 2023 by Oren Ashkenazi in Commentary
Six More Ways to Make Your Writing Cinematic Does your novel properly imitate a movie-going experience? July 30, 2022July 28, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Commentary, Storytelling
How to Make Your Craft More Pretentious Why put up with snobs when you can be one instead? May 6, 2022May 11, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Commentary
A Sneak Peek at Six Articles We Are Totally Going to Write Pay no attention to the date behind the curtain! April 1, 2022March 31, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Meta
How Useful Are Dave Lerner’s Eight Rules of Writing? Absolutely everything you need to know in eight rules. November 13, 2021April 3, 2022 by Dave Lerner in Commentary, Writing
Taking the Politics Out of Six Popular Stories Ugh, why do stories have to be so political? March 20, 2021June 14, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Social Justice
Seven Reasons It’s Definitely Okay to Neglect Storytelling Rules We all know that you’re very special and don’t need to follow any rules. May 30, 2020July 2, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Storytelling
Seven Musts for Dominating a Fantasy Battle Take off your helmet and don your plot armor, it's time for a fight! May 16, 2020July 2, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Inspiration
Eight Holiday Presents for the Fictional Character in Your Life Shopping for your loved ones is hard enough, but what about all your favorite fictional characters? December 21, 2019July 15, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Commentary
Lessons From the Terrible Writing of This Post We've written lessons for numerous works, but never for this particular post. November 2, 2018December 3, 2021 by Dave Lerner in Meta
Everyone Must Now Follow the Ideals of French Neoclassicism August 25, 2018August 23, 2018 by Oren Ashkenazi in Storytelling
Ten Changes Made in the Lord of the Rings Novelization We all love Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. July 28, 2018July 26, 2018 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Six Sources of Censorship to Terrify You You never know what hidden boogeymen might be waiting to steal your words away. September 22, 2017March 2, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Commentary, Social Justice
Eight Reasons Your Critiques of Marvel Are Wrong Why all the MCU naysayers are actually just bitter DC fanboys (or something). June 3, 2017June 30, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Six Traitors to Robot Kind Six cyborgs who sold their not-souls to the meatbags. April 1, 2017July 2, 2021 by Mythbot in Analysis
Six Unsolved Cases of Missing Women in Spec Fic Where did all the women go? Detective Oren's on the case! January 28, 2017July 11, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Social Justice
Five Reasons You Should Never Critique a Roleplaying Game Critique is just out of the question, which has never been said by anyone fishy ever. December 24, 2016July 13, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Roleplaying
Three Reasons to Keep Your Children Away From Spec Fic The moral poison that disguises itself as "stories"—and why you should fear it. June 3, 2016July 19, 2021 by Ariel Anderson in Commentary
Six Ways to Make Your Writing More Cinematic How to fit your prose story to the silver screen, because that's where we all read things. April 8, 2016July 19, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Storytelling, Writing
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