This week, on my Patreon, I have released the fully edited version of Follow the Leader! As with all of my edits, it comes with a functional table of contents with buttons for each chapter, a swanky title page made as always by my website editor, and spelling, grammar, and flow fixes. Given the state […]
Let’s begin bluntly with the point of this blog: I worry sometimes that my obsession with building stories with depth and plots that pay out long-term is working against me. If you’ve read more than one of my longform stories, you’ve unquestionably noticed by now that I like to bring something up in one chapter […]
Recently, I’ve become familiar with a delightful new term – “The idiot plot.” Basically, an idiot plot is a summary term for a story’s plot that only works or happens the way it does because everyone involved behaves like an idiot. The consequences can range from not seeing an obvious solution to their idiotic behavior […]
After the last week and my ruminations on the hurt I’d caused through my real-life actions, I did something I’d never done in my life last night: I prayed. I made an appeal, noting out loud that life never works like this but nevertheless begging a higher power to turn back the clock so that […]
The comments I got back after my blog about father figures was very interesting. More than one reader was surprised I have a good relationship with my father. Readers have, publicly or privately, told me that some of the dialogue could have been taken verbatim from some of their own arguments with their parents, and […]
Bashful Scribe 