It’s a bit like staring at old photographs in a scrapbook (or selfies from a couple years ago for those who never lived through the scrapbooking era). You see the subtle shifts, or the not-so-subtle changes. Maybe you started working out. Maybe you cut your hair, dyed in, then grew it out again. Maybe you…

I remember my first villains. I made them extremely evil. In my stories, written fondly at age eleven, they had fangs and murder in their eyes. Their souls were full of mud, and they made the Grinch look like a sweetheart. Originally posted by tigerlilykisses As I grew older, wrote more stories, I realized that…

So, when it comes to killing off characters, nobody knows the struggle better than a writer. (Notice I said characters, not people. Please ensure that I mean FICTIONAL people of IMAGINARY worlds. Murder is a big no-no IRL!) Writers search up these weird things all the time: how people act at funerals, what happens to…

1. Waiting in line would have its own dance number Originally posted by grindhousecellar 2. Not to mention traffic Originally posted by nathalierushman00 *just another day of suuun* 3. Can you IMAGINE what office gossip would be like? Hear me out. Because everyone would sing a super epic monologue if they had some crazy revelation.…

1. IT’S NOT HALLOWEEN YET IT’S STILL SUMMER. Yeah, well I don’t see the calendar keeping you from putting up lights in NOVEMBER, JANET! Originally posted by kaiandersonforpres 2. Is this some kind of phase? Yeah, and when it’s a full moon, I become a werewolf. Originally posted by dailyskyfox 3. You’re a witch, aren’t you?…

I didn’t know how to write a script for a comic. I’d written books, short stories, news articles, report papers, feature scripts (for class!) and one-sheets. But I’d never written a comic script before. Scrolling through a famous Webtoon artist’s Instagram at midnight, I spied a call for writers to meet with artists and create,…

In honor of it being the good season of scares: June (not October, are you crazy?), let’s talk about horror. Oh, how I love the tropes of a good B-movie. 1. The characters seemingly have functioned this long with making fairly stupid decisions in their lives. Split up? Go alone towards the woods, you say,…

If you ever believe your writing’s bad… Like, inconsolably bad. You’re filled with self-doubt and self-loathing, and just hate everything…. Here are some suggestions to think otherwise. 1. Take the writing to someone who loves you and have them read it. Even too-flowery encouragement is still enough to get out of the rut of self-loathing.…

The best advice I’ve ever received is “successful artists finish the projects they’re working on”. And the most frustrating advice I’ve ever received? You guessed it… Finish your damn manuscript before hopping around to something else. Sticking with a project when you have another, more exciting idea in mind is a bit like sticking with your…

I can be my coolest, most glittery self with the excuse that “it’s Halloween season!” Wear scary sweaters. Like Christmas, but with more skull-and-crossbones. Candy! Cookies! Ghostly cakes! The movies! Tim Burton, Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown. The scarier bits: Poltergeist, The Shining, The Orphanage. Sign me up! The music. There’s the scary movie soundtracks, the Monster…