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Aspiring author, film school drop out

Apr 122 min read

Being an Aspiring Author is a Full-Time Job and I’m Not Even Getting Paid

Dec 52 min read

Narrative Lying: You Can’t Trust the Characters are Telling the Truth

Nov 285 min read

F1: The Movie (2025) Suffers from the Worst Case of Cool Guy Syndrome

Nov 143 min read

Why We Miss When Animal Crossing Villagers Were Mean to Us

Nov 73 min read

How to Write a Contest Winner

Oct 242 min read

My 5 Reading Hot Takes

Oct 173 min read

Voices of the Void is a Masterclass in Terror and Tension

Oct 104 min read

My Classic Gothic Tier List

Oct 33 min read

Social Media Single-Handedly Ruins My Writing

Sep 265 min read

Morgane Boyd Guest Post - Control (2019) and What it Taught Me About Worldbuilding

Sep 195 min read

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) is an Animal Movie about Human Nature

Sep 124 min read

The Biggest Influences to my Writing

Sep 54 min read

The 3-Day Novel Contest Tried to Kill Me

Aug 293 min read

A Not-Totally Comprehensive Guide on Fiction Book Genres

Aug 2214 min read

Planning a Novel the Gates Annai Way

Aug 153 min read

My Top Reads of 2025 So Far

Aug 84 min read

Etta Grace Guest Post - Write Now, Edit Later

Aug 13 min read

I Registered for the 3-Day Novel Contest Because Life was Going Just a Bit Too Well for Me

Jul 255 min read

The Seven-Year Long Mistake I Made Writing ALU

Jul 184 min read

I Spent a Semester Studying Abroad in Amsterdam and you all had no idea

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