Writing passive protagonists
I hate passive protagonists. And yet, one of my WIPs features one. What gives? Maybe I'm a hypocrite, but let me try to explain.
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October 12, 2021
So I finished writing a book five months ago…
Wrapping up The Magicians on Anise Street.
June 20, 2021
Anise Street: Cutting Scenes
A scene that got the ax, and why.
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January 24, 2021
That problem chapter
Weak chapters are obvious. But who has the energy to fix them after struggling to get the words down on paper?
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October 11, 2020
With love, all the same
1.6k modern fantasy short story. Originally written in 2018. Sidney does not so much walk out of her last final as let the crowd bear her along. The auditorium empties step by step, incrementally, and she feels like putting her…
July 11, 2020
Reasons to Choke
Some mechanical sound rumbled across the hills the day Gila National Forest burned. Lawry hiked towards the blaze with a dead cellphone, leaving his stalled out car behind.
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June 23, 2020
Lacquer
This 4600 word short story, written in 2018, imagines a future that feels closer every day. I dragged it out of my folder of old projects because certain current events have made the themes feel topical again.
May 13, 2020