How to Become an Editor
It’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that six months ago, I was a teacher, and now I’m doing my dream job: editing fiction. The Japanese have a word for it: ikigai. As an international teacher, I was well paid, good at it, and we can’t deny the world needs teachers. But I […]
Ask Big Questions to Write Good Science Fiction
Reading time: 11 minutes Science fiction is one of the most flexible and diverse genres in fiction, and that’s why I love it. From post-apocalyptic dystopias to sentient trees with fish inside them, science fiction gives writers and readers the ability to set their own rules for the universe. It allows science fiction authors to […]
Make them suffer: Developing characters under pressure
Try John Yorke’s idea of mini crises to build tension in scenes and create a better connection between your reader and and your protagonist.
The Story Machine
How approaching your writing like an engineer can help you to grease the wheels of your story.