Josiah Akhtab's Blog, page 6

Just A Little Rhyme

A little poem. . .

How To Make Characters Real

How to make characters real in your writing. . .

Stop Doing This When Reviewing Books

Something that pisses me off when people leave reviews.

This is Life

The way life goes. . .

The Setting Sun

A short poem about the sun's life.

Life and Death

Life meets death due courseMost are concerned with having a pretty corpseNot understanding that all return to the sourceAsh to ash and dust to dust, of courseLife struggles for existence and erupts from etherhumble beginnings as nothing is weakerthan a newborn that houses a minuscule body depending on others for protection, especially mommyAdulthood is a […]

Do You Need A Developmental Editor For Your Writing?

Everyone understands the value and importance of a copy editor, but, the question is whether a developmental editor is necessary for our work. Now, most authors get beta readers for feedback after the first draft and, more often than not, that feedback suggests that the writing needs more work.

Untitled Verse

I don't protest too muchI protest just enoughI don't deny too muchI deny just enoughI don't defend too muchI defend just enoughI don't protect too muchBut I don't protect enoughI don't love too muchI struggle to love enoughI don't work too muchI can't work hard enoughI don't play at allSo playing too much is impossibleI'm […]

The Two Ways Stories Are Driven

What I mean by character driven stories is that the story is influenced by the actions of the character(s) as those actions determine where the story goes and ultimately ends up. With and world-driven story, the surroundings, environment, and nature of the world influences the characters actions which means the world itself is leading the story, usually the political and economic system of the world are the prime movers in a world-driven story.

An Observation of Writing Culture

There are plenty of writers that are confident in themselves and their work and put their writings on display for the world with pride. Personally, I am one of such writers and I want to tell all writers that it is perfectly fine for you to believe in your work and the quality of the stories you put out.