Monthly Archives: February 2013

Fail of the Week #2

Posted on February 27, 2013 by J. Sevick

Obviously, I’ve been slipping up on posting lately. Rather than excuses, I’ll simply say that I’ve struggled to know what to say when it has never been clearer to me that I have no idea what I’m doing. And just … Continue reading →

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Introversion: Blessing or Curse? And Who Decides?

Posted on February 23, 2013 by J. Sevick

I didn’t post yesterday, because the day got away from me. I could write another silly ‘writing is hard *pout*’ post, but I figured I’d take a day to write about something a little more personal. I recently read a … Continue reading →

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Fail of the Week #1

Posted on February 20, 2013 by J. Sevick

So, my fail this week is definitely lacking, in the sense that I don’t have any prose written. I could blame work insanity, or a backlog of reading, or any number of excuses, but the truth is that I have … Continue reading →

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Problems versus Doubts (Or, How to Commit, Part Two)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by J. Sevick

As I make my list of doubts in the ‘purge file’ for my story, it is incredibly hard to resist analyzing them. Even working to dismiss the doubts is still engaging your brain in analyzing and thus legitimizing those doubts. … Continue reading →

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How to Commit (Part One?)

Posted on February 15, 2013 by J. Sevick

[I will begin by clarifying that the tone of this post, while sounding authoritative, is really meant to encourage me to listen to myself. It might sound like I’ve written this having followed this advice and succeeded, but we all … Continue reading →

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The Cycle of Doubt

Posted on February 13, 2013 by J. Sevick

[As I’ve only had two days, I don’t have a ‘fail of the week’ this week—which is the biggest fail of all, I suppose. I’ll definitely have something next week, though… I hope. :)] I wrote in another post that … Continue reading →

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To Fail or Not to Fail?

Posted on February 11, 2013 by J. Sevick

(And other Shakespearean cliches…) I hope you’ve enjoyed the slew of (hopefully not too pretentious) writing posts I’ve made so far. I’ve been thinking about writing for a long time, so I have a lot of thoughts about it… and … Continue reading →

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World Shape Questions

Posted on February 8, 2013 by J. Sevick

Fantasy fiction is huge right now, and it happens to be my favorite genre. And one of my favorite elements of fantasy fiction is worldbuilding–the creation and detailing of a fictional and invented world. This may be an entire universe … Continue reading →

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Plotting Guides

Posted on February 6, 2013 by J. Sevick

Plotting is absolutely and unequivocally the hardest part of the process for me. Taking a jumbled mess of characters, settings, and half-imagined events and trying to organize them into something that resembles an actual story has always been difficult. But … Continue reading →

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Creativity and Ego

Posted on February 4, 2013 by J. Sevick

Being a creator (an artist, a musician, a choreographer, a writer, etc.) requires a great amount of ego. It takes ego to think: What I create through imagination and skill is worth someone else’s time–even more, if a professional, someone … Continue reading →

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