Once again, I’m encouraging you to play. Forget what really happened; change cause and effect to suit yourself, to suit your story, to suit your characters. For the love of gobstoppers, have fun!
Learning how to ace my AP History test taught me how to use good research — not as a foundation, but as structural support. It’s better, faster, and stronger.
Writing research is more than just finding information–it’s also analyzing the information for relevance to your topic, dangerous bias, and final implications.
Two of the best classes I took in high school were AP English and US History, and both of them taught me how to improve my writing with quick, easy research.
Learn to handle Chronic Project Accumulation. Everyone has to deal with the flash of inspiration in the middle of other projects. Capture ideas for later use.
An overview of the stories I have to tell, from finished books like Taming Fire and Gods Tomorrow, to the standalones and sequel trilogies in those universes.
Once upon a time a man went in search of a single story worth telling, and soon found his whole life flooded with drama, overwhelmed by characters and conflict.
If someone had told me five years ago that at this point in my life, I would have more time to write than I could ever wish for, I would have fallen to my knees, sobbing with joy whilst flailing about with my arms. But I never dreamed that my writing craft would involve so much else that is not writing….
Unstressed Syllables is a site for writers–bloggers, students, businessmen, novelists, poets, and storytellers of all types. Mostly, though, it’s for readers.
