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Jul 21, 2025
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Lucas James
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Why your World-Building Doesn't Feel Real
Writers make the best liars.
Feb 8
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Lucas James
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The Death of Good Pacing
The finale for the final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things has just been released, and it’s runtime clocked in at a whopping 2 hours and 8 minutes…
Jan 2
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Lucas James
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Openings, and How to Write Them
Sep 24, 2025
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Lucas James
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The Wanderer's Fantasy/Sci-Fi Outlining Template - Part One: Setting
Jan 10, 2025
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Lucas James
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How to Write a Psychopath
Sep 5, 2025
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Lucas James
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Lead Lungs: Chapter One
Mar 16, 2025
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Lucas James
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Writing Character Chemistry: What Makes It Work
Sep 12, 2025
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Lucas James
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How to Make Your Audience Care
Aug 4, 2025
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Lucas James
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Writing Infinity: How Piranesi Made Me Rethink Everything I Knew About World-building
“When the Moon rose in the Third Northern Hall, I went to the Ninth Vestibule to witness the joining of the three Tides.”
Nov 5, 2025
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Lucas James
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Openings, and How to Write Them
In any given story, most readers decide within the first page whether they’ll keep going or not.
Sep 24, 2025
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Lucas James
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The Burning Man
Short Story Sunday
Sep 14, 2025
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Lucas James
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Writing Character Chemistry: What Makes It Work
Simply, chemistry is the connection between two or more of your characters.
Sep 12, 2025
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Lucas James
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Lead Lungs: Chapter Seventeen
The Finale of Part One
Sep 10, 2025
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Lucas James
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Endings, and How to Write Them
Some say a story is only as strong as its ending.
Sep 8, 2025
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Lucas James
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How to Write a Psychopath
Psychopaths are some of the most chilling and magnetic characters in fiction.
Sep 5, 2025
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Lucas James
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Lead Lungs: Chapter Sixteen
Malcolm banged on the metal door going into Dr Shen’s building.
Sep 3, 2025
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Lucas James
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Why your World-Building Doesn't Feel Real
Writers make the best liars.
Feb 8
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Lucas James
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The Death of Good Pacing
The finale for the final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things has just been released, and it’s runtime clocked in at a whopping 2 hours and 8 minutes…
Jan 2
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Lucas James
25
4
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Writing Infinity: How Piranesi Made Me Rethink Everything I Knew About World-building
“When the Moon rose in the Third Northern Hall, I went to the Ninth Vestibule to witness the joining of the three Tides.”
Nov 5, 2025
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Lucas James
30
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Openings, and How to Write Them
In any given story, most readers decide within the first page whether they’ll keep going or not.
Sep 24, 2025
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Lucas James
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The Burning Man
Short Story Sunday
Sep 14, 2025
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Lead Lungs: Chapter Sixteen
Malcolm banged on the metal door going into Dr Shen’s building.
Sep 3, 2025
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Lucas James
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Lead Lungs: Chapter Fifteen
The sound of chatter was not one Selene had heard in a while.
Aug 27, 2025
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Lucas James
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