Chris Angelis's Blog, page 23
December 21, 2020
How Writing Perfectionism Kills Creativity
I’m not really a perfectionist. I’m a jack of all trades and master of some, but I don’t care about perfection. In some sense, I consider it a part of the artistic process for a work to have imperfections – we’ll get back to this, it’s crucial. And so, writing perfectionism is something I reject. […]
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December 14, 2020
Review of The Perfect Gray
This review of The Perfect Gray is obviously not mine – though it would’ve been an interesting exercise to try to review my own novel. Still, this particular review of The Perfect Gray is offered by my friend and fellow academic, author, and creative-writing advisor, Igor da Silva Livramento. Check out his papers on Academia.edu, his music […]
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December 7, 2020
Inevitable Narrative: How to Detect what Is Necessary in Your Fiction
Learning how to detect what is necessary in your fiction allows you to write an inevitable narrative. A narrative that is inevitable is structurally solid and leads to a sense-making ending. Therefore, it should be fairly obvious that learning to see whats necessary and whats not when writing is very important. To put it simply, []
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November 30, 2020
How to Gauge Your Writing Skills
Self-reflection isn’t easy, as humans have a tendency for confirmation bias. To put it bluntly, it’s easier to believe in a comforting lie than to face an ugly truth. Writers are no exception – indeed, as we’ll see, in some sense they’re particularly vulnerable to self-deception, but probably not in the way you’d expect – […]
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November 23, 2020
Literature in the Audiovisual Era
Literature in the audiovisual era. Can it survive, and how? I’m bouncing ideas off Igor da Silva Livramento, friend and fellow writer, academic, and creative-writing advisor. He’s also a composer, music theorist, and producer. You can find him on LinkedIn, and also take a look at his blog and his page on Bandcamp. Chris: The idea […]
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November 16, 2020
How NOT to Write Genre Fiction: The Dangers of Pleasing Your Audience
There are many guides out there that promise to teach you how to write genre fiction. And yet few of them will tell you the most important thing: Writing genre fiction is an inherently people-pleasing act, which is an always dangerous business. In a sense, genre fiction is the opposite of literary fiction. Whereas literary […]
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November 9, 2020
Reality in Frankenstein: Dreams and Temporal Distortion
Note: the following article on reality in Frankenstein is a modified excerpt (pp. 150-152) from my doctoral dissertation, “Time is Everything with Him”: The Concept of the Eternal Now in Nineteenth-Century Gothic, which is available for free from the repository of the Tampere University Press. For a list of my other academic publications, presentations, etc. feel free to visit […]
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November 2, 2020
Finding Connections in Writing Fiction: Why It Is Important
The title of this post claims finding connections in your writing is important. Actually, it’s more than that: It’s crucial. Indeed, I’d go as far as calling it critical. If you can’t find connections in your writing, you’re in serious trouble. I’ve mentioned this before, in my post on imagination and creativity: “Creative writing is […]
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October 26, 2020
Announcing the Home for Fiction Patreon Page
Quite some time ago, I posted a survey with some questions related to premium content for Home for Fiction. It took me a while to ponder on it and decide on the details, but here it is: the Home for Fiction patreon page! Take everything you know about the Home for Fiction blog and supercharge […]
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October 19, 2020
Repeating Reality in Fiction: Why You Should Avoid It
Today’s post on (not) repeating reality in fiction is authored by Igor da Silva Livramento. He’s a fellow academic from UFSC, fellow author, fellow creative-writing advisor, and overall a great fellow. He’s also a composer, music theorist, and producer. Check out his papers on Academia.edu, his music on Bandcamp, and his personal musings on his blog – in Portuguese, […]
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