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[WRITING] The Importance of Planning

Students of mine often get tired of my harping on at them in lessons about the IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING. They get confused when I insist they make some kind of map or route through the assignment I’ve asked them to complete. Ot...
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[WRITING] Deus Ex Machina

There are many pitfalls you can fall into as a writer. When creating worlds and epic stories, we set the stakes high, the emotions roiling, the action at fever pitch, and (hopefully) the cliches at minimum. But sometimes you ca...
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[ARTBOOK] A Spoiler-Free Peak at “The Art of the Mass Effect Universe”

I received my copy of The Art of the Mass Effect Universe in the post today. This is kind of amusing, as I’d completely forgotten I’d preordered it months ago. Nevertheless, I tore into it with some trepidation. You may ask...
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[BOOKS] Knight and Daye

It has been forever since I wrote a post about books. Considering they are technically one of the focuses of this blog, I feel this to be a bit remiss of me. Still, it is a new year, and thus I can sit calmly here and tell myse...
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[WRITING] Neil Gaiman’s #1 Writing Tip

Saturday night’s Doctor Who was written by none other than fantasy legend Neil Gaiman, and as such the BBC had him do a load of extra interviews and publicity to go with the episode — as if fans weren’t excite...
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[WRITING] Chapter Six

A while back I decided that emotionally, my novel was too jokey, if that makes any sense. The tone, for a novel dealing with memories and what they mean to people, as well as the ties that bind families together, was simply too...
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