While working on revisions for my play The Supreme Leader I came upon a problem that I think is fairly common amongst my fellow writers: The scene has a lot of expository beats in need of streamlining. This scene in particular sets the entire story in motion so I had to be careful not to remove any essential information. Here’s
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Today I stumbled upon a nice TED talk about complex problem solving. The presenter, Tom Wujec asks “Got a wicked problem? First, tell me how you make toast.” As a full time web developer, I’m constantly breaking down complex problems into simpler more manageable tasks, and think there’s definitely a connection between this process and
Read MoreThis is what I think about themes. Know what the theme of your story is, if you must. But do it for yourself. Because everyone else will put their own themes on your story. The woman who just broke up with her boyfriend, the father that just lost his job, the academic who has
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