(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.) 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.) 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
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) Recently Serdar and I were discussing what made Great works of art, literature, and anime. We quickly got to the point of realizing that the idea … Continue reading
(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