Tag: creating
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The devil is in the details
I love world-building. I hate being bogged down in lengthy explanations. Those two ideas seem to contradict each other, but they don’t. Constructing a whole reality idea by idea doesn’t have to mean burying the reader in excess information. It’s successful if it’s real. It works if it works. I’ve been thinking a lot about how that gets done lately, […]
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Distraction & Concentration
Squirrel! The reference is from the movie Up, which if you haven’t seen, you should go watch now. For those who haven’t yet experienced its awesomeness, one of the characters is prone to be ing distracted by squirrels. In the middle of conversations, in the middle of important action, at the worst possible moment: squirrel! What […]
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The Costs of Creation, or “Would you like fries with that?
Seen on Facebook recently: It’s a useful analogy, and one I’ve used often as a consumer. I balance my desire for small luxuries in terms of how many lunches I would have to miss, or how many treats I would have to give up in exchange for a thing that I want. Item versus ingestion. […]
