"Efficient design" is a trope, a specific type of magical, conspiratorial thinking that intersects with principles of human-centered...

A canoe This is my retelling of a parable I learned from my time in Boy Scouts. It’s not my original story, but it is my retelling. I'm...

Xenomorph from "Alien" (1979) This is an antonymic translation , a poetry revision technique that looks for antonyms of each word in a...

Angela from "Silent Hill 2" climbing a burning staircase and saying "For me, it's always like this..." Let’s talk about shovelware for a...

One of the more common storytelling concepts you'll see floating around writing craft   spaces is "character wants vs needs". You'll...

Part 1: Doors, walls, gates, corners You often hear writers , editors and critics complain about a work’s use of heavy, forced...

These words all seem similar, but they refer to different time periods.   "Modern" refers to a specific time period from the late...

Content Warning: this essay discusses nonfiction death, dying and mourning practices. It also discusses colonialist racism against Native...

This guide overviews an iterative art feedback process . The process uses “blocks” as perspectives the audience can adopt as they offer...