Category: technique
Think about this and characters in stories
Tactics to be more influential at work:
What tactics would fit with your characters best?
Which ones wouldn’t work for one of your characters?
Which one(s) would be most effective for one of your characters to influence another of your characters?
Which one(s) would influence your readers most?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90703987/use-these-tactics-to-be-more-influential-at-work
‘The only way to write for teenagers is to spend so long in your own memories that you are drowning in shame’ — Caroline O’Donoghue – Independent.ie
Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone: Unique, complex information in analog methods likely gives brain more details to trigger memory — ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210319080820.htm
Real writing is best, I guess.
Easy ways to cultivate creativity
‘If the aliens lay eggs, how does that affect architecture?’: sci-fi writers on how they build their worlds | Books | The Guardian
Interesting discussions about world-building, from a diverse collection of writers – Alastair Reynolds, Nnedi Okorafor, M. John Harrison, etc.
To think about when killing characters
In fiction, we remember the deaths that make us sad — ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201217113002.htm
Meaningful deaths (death of someone that redeemed themselves or sacrificed themselves for someone else).
Happy deaths (The hero finally kills the evil villain).
Varies by genre, but across all genres, people tend to remember meaningful deaths more than others.
Something to think about re characters
The 16 facial expressions most common to emotional situations worldwide — ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201216155203.htm
8 tips to beat distractions while working from home
https://www.fastcompany.com/90502236/8-tips-to-beat-distractions-while-working-from-home
And how many of us are working from home when we’re writing, composing, painting?
Good tips there.
Something to keep in mind when creating new cultures
For us science fiction and fantasy writers.
Mary Astell called out ‘bad custom’ centuries ahead of her time
Dancing Treefrog 