On Writing
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My Relationship with the Romance Genre: It’s Complicated
I’ve always grown up disliking the romance genre, and it kinda became a habit. I didn’t mind reading romance in other genres, but despised anything where the girl’s focus was that boy—where the first one is usually a prick—and so… Continue reading
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Inconvenient Timing
Sometimes, the desire to write, the rush of creativity and ideas, happens when I don’t need it to. Usually during work. I can sit and stare at the screen for hours without any words when I have free time, and… Continue reading
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All you have to do is make stuff up, right?
Some people marvel at the ability of other’s to write, and I didn’t understand that for a while. I have a friend who sometimes can’t wrap his head around writing and how you improve your skills for writing (pertaining to… Continue reading
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Reconciliation Week is ending, Reconciliation is not over
Reconciliation Week might end today, but it doesn’t mean it’s over. This week has been busy for me, across both jobs, but I’m happy that both have made an acknowledgement of this week. One occupation is for one of the… Continue reading
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How “X” Saves Me in Writing
I read an enormous amount of manhua and manga, and one thing that I noticed a while ago they do is put an “X” for anything that they’re being vague about and don’t necessarily need the details of. Company names,… Continue reading
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Writing with Receipts
There’s definitely something different about writing now that I’ve formally studied it (and have a degree to back up my “qualifications”) but I definitely don’t think it’s a MUST DO in order to become a professional novel writer. But, it… Continue reading
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It’s a Mess on the Page and Off, Really
Sometimes people ask me ‘how do you write?’ and I just stare at them like ‘-_- … what do you mean? … like … with a computer?’ But, what always surprises me, is that people who are not writers can’t… Continue reading
Hopfield is Writing 