Writer of Speculative Fiction
Recently, I heard somebody talk about how writers have “obsessions.” That is, things that writers personally are interested in or fascinated by that appear throughout their writing. This person noted that writers often lean into their obsessions to improve their writing in some facet or another.
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Motivation is a fickle thing when writing. Sometimes it comes and (more often) it doesn’t. But motivation is necessary in order to write (you need to be motivated to do something in order to do it). Likewise, inspiration is often a key component in motivation, but inspiration concurring with motivation is rare indeed.
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Love it or hate it, grammar is something that every person who writes anything has to deal with.
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While poetry isn’t the main genre that I write in, I do dabble in poetry and enjoy writing poems, so here is one of those poems.
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I once heard a writer say that he never gets writer’s block; he claims he always has ideas. Maybe I am misinterpreting what this author was saying, but I can’t help but disagree with what I think his meaning was. Aside from sounding highly pretentious, he didn’t seem to totally understand what exactly writer’s block is—at least by my definition of writer’s block (which may or may not be accurate).
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Flaws are one of the important aspects to develop in a character. And also can be tricky to get right. So, here’s what I have found works.
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The process from effectively conveying a story idea is lengthy. You can write it into a book, novel, or similar; you can make a movie; or take a different approach. However, in reality, there is no way that idea will ever be told to the world in the same beautiful way that it was in your head.
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How a book begins is crucial. The first few pages determine whether a reader will continue reading or move on to a new book. After reading lots, I have discovered certain things that repel me from a book and certain things that attract me to a book.
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And so here I am. One writer. One reader. One story receiver. One storyteller.
And here it begins.
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Alex Sagittarius 