Nov
28
Overly detailed summaries are worse than none
1 min read
Joe Cecil
Nov
27
The hardest part of timeboxing is cutting
1 min read
Nov
26
What do I like about fantasy fiction? Maybe the struggle with received wisdom
2 min read
Nov
25
Disagreements in Too Like the Lightning function as prompts for the reader
4 min read
Nov
24
TTRPG system rulebooks scale poorly for learning
2 min read
Nov
23
"Agile worldbuilding" is great for scoping
1 min read
Nov
22
Scoping worldbuilding
3 min read
Nov
21
Some inconsistencies between the cover of Deserter and the story
1 min read
Nov
20
What's going on with "The Reanimator's Sword"?
2 min read
Nov
19
Counting more extreme orders
3 min read
Nov
19
In a mystery, false leads don't have to be developed or specifically contradicted
1 min read
Nov
18
Other kinds of -anthropy
2 min read
Nov
16
Book Review: Big Magic
2 min read
Nov
14
Deciphering manga panel order via "Where the Sandman Lives"
1 min read
Nov
14
"Where the Sandman Lives"
2 min read
Nov
13
The Amazing Digital Circus's pilot
4 min read
Nov
13
I want to write stories about people I don't understand, and I can't? (without understanding)
1 min read
Nov
12
A bunch of writing dichotomies that bother me
2 min read
Nov
11
How I think about fiction genre
3 min read
Nov
10
Frame text
2 min read
Nov
09
I can't believe it's not normally-colored
1 min read
Nov
09
Making desire paths means finding cheap ways of acting on velleities
3 min read
Nov
07
A feeling: I've solved this problem before, haven't I?
1 min read
Nov
06
The ugh of meditating in the winter
1 min read
Nov
05
Experiment idea: Not-a-letter to a friend
2 min read
Nov
04
Too many books
1 min read
Nov
03
Walking a dog on schedule vs. on-demand
1 min read
Oct
24
Assumptions I make about writing
4 min read
Oct
24
Hiatus until 11/03
1 min read
Oct
24
You can move a (prose) story forward outside of its scenes
4 min read
Oct
22
What might be wrong with planning a story?
1 min read
Oct
21
Continuity vs. worldbuilder's disease
3 min read
Oct
20
"Write a longer story"
4 min read
Oct
19
What might be missing from my stories?
7 min read
Oct
18
Respecting the art
5 min read
Oct
16
Three ways of appearing
1 min read
Oct
15
A list of items to consider when planning a trip
1 min read
Oct
14
Contrast
1 min read
Oct
13
Hogswatch charity
2 min read
Oct
12
No hard feelings
1 min read
Oct
10
"Art is a support for life"
2 min read
Oct
09
Places to find the OBD-II scanner port
1 min read
Oct
08
Watch later
2 min read
Oct
07
The process of looking for a used car
3 min read
Oct
04
What is the null probability of a distribution of straights in a hand of cards? 1/?
4 min read
Oct
03
What is the null probability of a given combination of ranks?
1 min read
Oct
02
How to re-stuff a Samadhi Cushions zafu
1 min read
Oct
01
What is the null probability of a given combination of suits?
1 min read
Sep
30
Alts
1 min read
Sep
29
How to shuffle cards well when you never shuffle cards
4 min read