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The Main Attraction

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Brainstorming

Where I’ll be doing all of the story planning and brainstorming of ideas. (Click to view posts in this category)

News

Looking for announcements? Look no further! (Click to view posts in this category)

Personal Life

What’s going on in my life including emotional checkups and how it’s affecting my writing. (Click to view posts in this category)

Writing Process

The how of my writing life. How I use various tools and theories and what works for me and doesn’t. (Click to view posts in this category.)

Writing Tools

Books, classes, software, etc. What I work with and why. (Click to view posts in this category.)

Writing Process
Where Things Stand

Where Things Stand

It's been a little while since I've posted anything like this (and I wonder if I've ever really posted anything like this). Anyway, I felt I needed to give an update of what's been going on lately with Unclean. (This is kind of a "vomit" draft of what's happening...

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NewsWriting Process
Restoration

Restoration

In August, I signed up for my first writing class that involved other people on the site, LitReactor. Called Writing the Weird, the class dealt with the ins and outs of a genre called Weird fiction. When I took it, I wasn't really sure whether it would be useful,...

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Personal LifeWriting Process
Playing Catch-Up

Playing Catch-Up

Emotional Overview A quick check-in showing my current emotional state. (Higher numbers mean greater degrees of emotion.)DepressionAnxietyStressYeah, it’s been a few weeks. Again, all I can say is sorry. Each week, I know I need to write something but it always...

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Personal LifeWriting Process
Welcome to Trench

Welcome to Trench

About four or five months ago, a song started showing up in my YouTube Music feed called Level of Concern by Twenty One Pilots. It immediately “grabbed” me and made a pretty deep impression. I immediately started doing some research on the band and the more I read...

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