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Memorable characters
So I went to the Dutch Comic Con the other day, and pretty much the only thing I did was following writing workshops, panels, and...
Exploring cli-fi
I haven't posted anything related to my story recently, but that doesn't mean I'm not doing anything. Morgan's arc of A State of...
The narrator's point of view
A story isn't just a series of words; a story needs a storyteller - a.k.a. the narrator! In writing, there are two possible candidates...
The Lie
I came across a blogpost by K.M. Weiland lately that solved a problem for me concerning one of my characters - or better, it described...
Online writing lectures
And they are so brilliant! Brandon Sanderson, the author of the Mistborn series, the Way of Kings and the final novels of the Wheel of...
The good thing about jet lags
This is just a short post, to compensate my previous one. I hope you don't mind... At least it features a cute kitten, that justifies...
Translation terror
How far should 'showing' a different language go in a novel? Just to make this clear: I am not talking about characters speaking an odd...
The seven points of story structure
There are a lot of sites out there that give you an idea about the ingredients that make a story arc. I bumped into this video recently....
Writing starts with drawing
I'm not a writer. I'm an artist. I draw, paint, glue, sew and duct tape my characters. Yes, duct tape, because that stuff can really do...
Borderline YA
This has been bothering me quite a lot lately: who will read my work? The usual answer was 'me', but that sounded rather selfish. But who...