How Sci-fi Made Me a Better Writer

My upcoming Novel Ceres has truly put me through the ringer in terms of storytelling range.

In its infancy, Ceres was a half-baked and confused pile of ideas for characters, planets, and circumstances that I hadn’t been able to string together.

I had just gotten through half of The Point of Chaos, when I needed to take a break. I was going through a mental shift in what I was interested in, and was looking into Sci-fi in place of my typical fantasy.

And so, unable to smothe...