I Have Unresolved Feelings about Lightyear…

I would call myself a casual Toy Story fan. Those movies weren’t my childhood. Little baby me was far too into animals for sentient toys to interest me much. In fact, I didn’t remember much about them at all until a few years ago when I rewatched them as an adult. However, the original trilogyContinue reading “I Have Unresolved Feelings about Lightyear…”

The Self Inflicted Torture of Creating a Magic System – a Thorough, Deranged, Meandering Waffle

Writer’s Log: day 3,667, 4,899, 5,999 I’m not sure of attempting to produce a viable magic system. Stats for 3/9/2023 And there it is. Out of my reach. The heart of every fantasy world. The topic of thousands of 5 hour video essays all over this vast stretch of digital space we call the Internet.Continue reading “The Self Inflicted Torture of Creating a Magic System – a Thorough, Deranged, Meandering Waffle”

Tropes Bad? PSA/Mini Rant

If you’ve ever been a young aspiring author who’s obsessed with Youtube like me, you’ve probably come across one of those videos with a title like “20 Tropes Publishers are TIRED of Seeing,” “20 Ways NOT to Start a Book,” or “20 Clichés to AVOID in Writing.” They usually meet one or more of theContinue reading “Tropes Bad? PSA/Mini Rant”