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My First Guest Post!

5/18/2017

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This week I wrote for Ava Jae's popular blog, Writablity.  It's some advice to help creatives maintain sanity in an artistic environment that demands constant public exposure to your fans and your critics.  Also Margaret Atwood.  Enjoy!
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Developing Effective Writing Habits

5/15/2017

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PictureAndrew Price of Blender talking about the seven habits of highly effective artists.

​Andrew Price’s video listing the seven habits of highly effective artists has great insights you should start using immediately.  He’s talking about practice, not craft, so any artist will find his tips useful.  

​Since it’s also thirty minutes, I’ll summarize.  
  1.  Do art every day.
  2. ​Produce more work, not perfect work.  
  3. Steal.  But instead of stealing from one, take inspiration from many.  
  4.  Don’t just practice.  Practice conscious learning.  
  5. Know when to take a break from work to return with a fresh perspective.  
  6. Ask for feedback.
  7. Create what you love.  To keep motivated, choose subjects you are interested in.
But making lists is easy-- I’m a compulsive list-maker so I should know.  It’s making these habits work for you that gets hard.  


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Know Your Writing Metagame

4/13/2017

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When I’m not reading or writing, I indulge in my other passion: I watch competitive gaming (video games in which players battle against eachother).  Competitive video games and professional writing have some things in common.  One of them is an ever-changing metagame.  Broadcast personalities analyze competitive matches much like ESPN sportscasters.  In their analysis they often discuss the game’s “metagame.”

“In the current meta…” They explain.

“This meta is very aggressive.” They all nod, ties bobbing.

The metagame is the strategies and environmental factors that affects the way a game is played.  Most average players don’t pay attention to these shifting tactics.  And even if they do, average players don’t know how to apply that knowledge to improve their game.

Understanding the metagame and knowing how to use it is what separates the amateurs from the professionals. So ask yourself, do you know your writing meta?  Do you pay attention to the shifting environment that dictates your chosen field?


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