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In storytelling, clichés are usually the product of uncertainty. When we aren’t sure who our characters are, we can fall back into flourishes of…

Jun 9

Figuring out what your story is trying to say

Jan 26

Originality often gets talked about as if it’s a rare trait among artists, which I find strange. In my experience as a writer and teacher, originality…

Dec 29, 2021

How to get surprise and horror on the page

Nov 1, 2021

I'm stupid and you can too

Sep 24, 2021

Using tension to keep readers reading

Aug 12, 2021

Welcome to Seth’s Free Sporadic Newsletter. I promise this newsletter will be good. Or maybe not “good,” but at the very least it will be too infrequent…

Aug 3, 2021

Seth’s Free Sporadic Newsletter

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