(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Creativity is a powerful force that shapes worlds and shakes tyrants. Through it we connect ideas to find new possibilities. Through it we connect with others … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) What’s Your Metaphor for writing? Returning to fiction with my novel, A Bridge To the Quiet Planet and its upcoming sequel, a School of Many Futures, … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Several times when I’ve read about psychology, philosophy, and meditation I’ve seen people go about how you can’t really “grasp” things. You can’t truly hold an … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Writers have heard this over and over again. Some people are plotters, detailing out their stories before writing. Some people are pantsers, charging ahead writing with … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) After an eventful few months, I was trying to keep up on all of my various projects. It was starting to get stressful – one book … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Let me ask you a question – imagine someone is basing a character on you as a writer. How would they portray it, what “writer archetype” … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) We’ve often heard it said The Devil is in the Details, which is certainly true in writing. We can plot and outline all we want, but … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Real fun is subversive. I’m not talking fun that offends. Offense isn’t subversive. Fun that offends is trapped by its need to offend, lacking the sense … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) If you’re a creator – writer, artist, cosplayer, etc. – then there’s probably a list of things you have to do. This list, no matter how … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) I hurt my back recently – nothing big – but I did need some physical therapy. It’s been going great, but then the therapist told me … Continue reading