(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) I recently heard a question that led me to understand one of the most significant drivers of creativity. That question was, “What would your seventeen-year-old self … 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, www.SeventhSanctum.com, and Steve’s Tumblr) Earlier I’d discussed, with inspiration from my friend Serdar, about how writers are both compelled but also need to figure what to do with their writing to be happy. Writing is … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com, www.SeventhSanctum.com, and Steve’s Tumblr) Over at his blog my friend Serdar talked about why people write. Some people, he notes, want all the benefits and the aura of being a writer . . . except … Continue reading
This is the blog post that has been months in coming. Not because it’s good, but because I kept finding other things to write, and because I kept rephrasing it. What got it to finally be written was watching people … Continue reading
I’d like to take a break from my deeper musing on Fandom to look at how having a Fandom as an identity and as a culture really isn’t that different from non-fannish stuff. Its probably easy to think of those … Continue reading
So having thought about the kinds of fan, and why meltdowns occur, I keep wondering “why do people identify as fans so passionately?” I mean in some ways it looks ridiculous to base part of your life on your love … Continue reading
(Way With Worlds is published at Seventh Sanctum, MuseHack, and Ongoing Worlds.) In a strange bit of irony, Im still talking about originality here. Seems sort of weird to keep covering a subject on being more original by not shutting up … Continue reading
Previously I identified the following forms of fans: Recreational – The fandom is fun. General Interest – There is definite interest in the subject, and time is put in.but not much is done with it. Social – One identifies with, … Continue reading
As I mentioned last week, I’m going to be exploring the role of geeks as citizen. What is our place in a functional society? Where do we belong? Where are we needed? I think a lot of us kind of … Continue reading