Reading Trends

Are You An Elephant Writer Or A Termite Writer? - An elephant and a termite both hold pencils, ready to write.
Writing
Robert Wood

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?

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Authors Need To Know About Aphantasia: Here’s Why - Someone reads a book, but their thought balloon only shows static.
Writing
Robert Wood

Authors Need To Know About Aphantasia: Here’s Why

Let’s begin with a revelation. Or, I suppose, two revelations. The drag is that only one of them can surprise you. As mentioned, you may be the sort of person who already knows both, but if not, you’re in for a real shock. Ready?

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What Makes Fiction Bizarro, And What Makes Bizarro Awesome? - A strange, octopus-like monster reads a book.
Writing
Robert Wood

What Makes Fiction Bizarro, And What Makes Bizarro Awesome?

In this article, I’ll be taking a look at how to identify bizarro fiction and how to use that knowledge to improve your own bizarro writing. We’ll end with a useful exercise you can try at your desk (it involves cowboys,) but for now, our first question is obvious…

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Reading Trends
Publishing
Robert Wood

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

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