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Are You An Elephant Writer Or A Termite Writer?

February 3, 2020 by Robert Wood Leave a Comment

Are You An Elephant Writer Or A Termite Writer?

What do you want as a writer? To produce great work and find your fair share of readers – that’s a given – but what about on a deeper level? Are you the type of writer who wants to change the world, or do you just love words and take joy in making them dance? It may seem like a question without any practical benefits, but harnessing your artistic drive is a process that begins with …

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Authors Need To Know About Aphantasia: Here’s Why

November 20, 2019 by Robert Wood 6 Comments

Authors Need To Know About Aphantasia: Here’s Why

Some writing advice is practical (cut your adverbs), some is theoretical (the structure of a story influences its message), and some is factual (the short-fiction market isn’t what it used to be). Personally, I’ve always found that the best writing advice deals with perception – the ability to understand how someone else will process your art. A hard fact of human nature can be revealed to you, …

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What Makes Fiction Bizarro, And What Makes Bizarro Awesome?

May 22, 2019 by Robert Wood 2 Comments

What Makes Fiction Bizarro, And What Makes Bizarro Awesome?

Genre labels aren’t always useful, but properly utilized, they can help budding authors determine the type of writing they want to bring into the world. In few places is that more necessary than with bizarro fiction, a subgenre of weird writing so unusual that ‘bizarre’ is in the name. That’s why, in this article, I’ll be taking a look at how to identify bizarro fiction and how to use that …

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Understanding Cultural Trends Can Help You Write A Bestseller

November 17, 2015 by Robert Wood 6 Comments

Understanding Cultural Trends Can Help You Write A Bestseller

‘Culture’ is a strange concept, an attempt to define a group by attaching a consistent attitude to their art. Some argue that it’s something you understand on an instinctual level, while others claim it’s nothing more than a construct created by powerful commercial and political influencers. However it forms, there’s no denying that a group’s culture is incredibly difficult to define from within. …

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