I’m the type of person who will suffer in silence for a while before I approach my breaking point and try to raise my voice about something. I suspect it’s largely because I grew up dealing with a family who had so many of their own problems that they really…
I’ve spent the last three books haunting library databases, slogging through carefully-written research papers, and reading formally published books on interactive fiction. I’ve made reading lists, research plans, all those proper steps that feel fitting for someone like me, working on a thesis for my master’s degree.
I felt like…
I’ve pushed through broadly researching everything and anything that can be called interactive fiction for the last few months. I’ve tried out a lot of text adventures, a lot of visual novels, narrative games, and anything else that can be lumped into the uncertain definition of interactive fiction.
The first time I ever wrote interactive fiction (or IF for short), I wrote a short story set in the later Han era of Chinese history. It was written from the perspective of a young boy being rescued by a heroic warlord of the time period during a siege.
The…
“Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.”
— Jane Yolen
I’ve had a complicated relationship with writing for a while now…
I’m always in awe of how much nuance goes into every different form of creative writing. For example, the craft elements to focus on for a fiction podcast are extremely different than what you might concentrate on for a short story or novel. …
As I’m updating my research plan and chugging along through different research materials, I’ve found myself in a bit of an Imposter Syndrome tizzy. …
Sometimes when I’m making things just for my own enjoyment, I wonder if there’s a deeper point to why I’m doing it. I stop and ask myself if I’m trying to make a point with what I’m creating or if there’s a greater theme to it.
There often is for…
I’ve been a creative writer since I was a kid with an old keyboard, but as an adult, I’ve tried to seize every opportunity to formalize my creative writing education. Over the summer, I took two dramatic writing workshop courses at New York University. …
I have always been a hard worker. My parents instilled in me the value of working hard and doing your best to earn a better station in life.
During all four years of high school and my first year of college, I worked for a small-town boat detailing business. I…
