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Preventing Phantom Protagonist Syndrome

21/08/2016

Have you ever had a really great idea for a story that somehow seemed to die a little more with each word you tried to…
6 More Six-Word Stories

14/08/2016

If you’ve been following Penstricken since it started in 2015, you may recall that on one occasion I set myself the challenge of writing 6…
Why I Quit Camp NaNoWriMo

07/08/2016

My novel was going nowhere (although he’s feeling much better now, thanks) and I noticed someone on Twitter remarking that they had just signed up…
A Few Thoughts on Star Trek Beyond

31/07/2016

My main problem with Beyond was the pacing of the plot. It was fast and exciting almost from the outset, but as any good writer…