Category: Writing

The Craft of Writing: Creativity, Neurochemistry, and the Writing Journey.

October 26, 2024 / Written by Beth Riggott-Turnage

What Makes a Writer? The making of a writer involves both nature and nurture. Scientists have found highly creative people’s brains are structured differently from those of less creative individuals. The building blocks of creativity in writers are often hardwired, influenced by how their brains process neurochemicals even before...

A Fantasy World That’s All Grown Up

October 5, 2024 / Written by nykiblatchley
There’s a very clear traditional idea of what a fantasy world is supposed to be like. It has warriors riding horses and wielding swords and axes. It doesn’t have them travelling on planes and operating computers. It just doesn’t. But why not? After all, our world has had all...

The Dangers of an Echo Chamber

June 30, 2024 / Written by Jonathan S. Pembroke
So … I’m sure most readers are familiar with the idea of an echo chamber: a person surrounding themselves only with people who agree with that person, so that the only ideas the person hears are similar to their own—you know, echoing back their own opinions. It’s often brought...