(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) I want you to think about video game adventures. There, one goes on a grand quest, and of course one often saves the game to record … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Earlier I posted on how there’s two different ways to connect to Media. I summed it up roughly as follows: Known Connections: A fiction reaches us … Continue reading
(This is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) I’ve been watching myself and some friends get blocked on various creative projects, or find them hard going. This occurred at the same time I was working … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) I’ve been writing (a lot) about fun and how we ruin fun, as well as how we ruin it for others. So let me take a … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) A while ago I caught myself reflecting on my life choices, and my wish to have done things differently. Sure we all do that, but I … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) After my last post on fun and how we turn it into work, I had a (fun) brainstorm about many ways turning work into fun affects … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) The ever indomitable MagenCubed had a great comment on Twitter about how we often feel we’re not allowed to have fun. That writing, art, everything fun … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Motivation is critical to an artist. Motivation is what drives you. Motivation is about what you want to do and why you want to do it. … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Serdar and I are always discussing where our inspirations come from, and as we’re both Death Star-laser-focused on our current novels, that’s foremost in our minds. … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Serdar and I have been having an on-again, off-again discussion on fandom and it’s value. I offered that it could be limited, and he responded with … Continue reading