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The time I took a trip to France without leaving my apartment

Actually, I wanted to write a story set in France. This meant research. Since I’m not in a position where I can hop on a plane to France (planning a trip usually means months of waiting in eager anticipation and lots of scheduling and travel logistics), instead, I was too impatient. I decided to stay…
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Legend of Zelda Inspired Writing: Speedrun your next novel
All the Legend of Zelda games are adventure games, and I’ve been looking at each one in the series for inspiration. The first Legend of Zelda gave us storytelling tips and the second helped us navigate writing roadblocks. What next? Well, novels take a long time to write. They require a marathon of words. During…
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Artist’s Way Week 2: Recovery Inches along

This is part 2 of a series of reflections on Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. My journey began last week. Catch up with week 1 reflections here. I’ve reached the skeptical phase of my journey. Well, that was fast. It’s only the second week of the Artist’s way. Is this what’s known as refusing the…
