Notes on Craft

This is a growing collection of notes on the craft of fiction.

Note: This is still a WIP and many of the pages are under construction.

Basics

• Blocking - On moving your character(s) through space.
• Weaving
• Backfilling, or How to Hide Your Infodumps - On giving your reader context w/o making it seem like you’re doing so.
• Foreshadowing, e.g. Moodbuilding

Stuff

• How do I find my style?

Short Stories

• All Pistons Firing - An idea from Nick Mamantas
• In Good Hands, or How to Signal Competency
• Selling Out
• Genre Conventions

Meta

Essays not about craft per se, but about the ‘craft of craft’ or how to think, at an abstract level, about the writing process.

• Are you a DK writer?
• How to Get Gooder Faster
• Via Negativa Learning
• Maybe you just aren’t doing enough.
• If you don’t know where ideas come from, maybe you should consider a different profession.

Business

• Real vs Fake Acceptance Rates
• No, there is not a ‘conspiracy’