Blog Entries from Link the Writer

  1. Link the Writer Tries YouTube! :D (Part I)

    Well, managed to figure out (finally) how to record games on my laptop with commentary. :D What do y'all think? I was whispering because it's early in the morning and I didn't want to wake anyone up. I'll keep making more videos as I practice; just wanted to see what you all think and if there's anything I should improve on.
  2. A Brief Thought on How Sci-Fi/Fantasy deal with Prejudice in Writing

    TW: Bigotry and Prejudice [URL]http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-cringe-worthy-way-sci-fi-fantasy-deal-with-prejudice/[/URL] This gave me some thought. When attempting to address prejudice and bigotry...is creating a clearly non-human race to stand in for a human minority/creating a group of people with clearly dangerous natural powers really such a smart move for authors of sci-fi and fantasy? I don’t think so, simply because by making the alien/fantastical race stand in for a real-world minority, or...
  3. You Have Permission to Write for a Hobby... (Warning: cussing)

    So after two days of being anxiety-free, my dear old "friend" anxiety paid a visit today as I was writing. "What are you doing?" it asked, "writing that same old story you've been doing for a decade now? And the other stories? Ha! You suck. Give up writing. Period. Never write again. Trust me. Delete everything you've done." In short, it was the same old voice that tormented me for the past twelve years about my writing. Saying I was a failure for not completing a book/getting it published...
  4. My Thoughts on the US 2016 Presidental Elections

    So after having some time to calm down from the shock of Donald J. Trump being the next President of the United States, something just occurred to me. Something that I hadn't even considered before. In some way, both he and Obama proved that America is indeed the land of opportunity. Policies aside, think about it: Before Obama came, all the presidents were old white guys. Before Trump came, they all had years of political experience. Again, policies aside... isn't that a good thing? I...
  5. "Get It Done" = Writing tip from Steve Donoghue

    [MEDIA=youtube]id=2NsUKqT1Who;t=548[/MEDIA] Start at 9:08 Steve Donoghue is a book nut who discusses books and writing on his YouTube channel, and in this video, he encourages writers to start their NaNoWriMo with something I found encouraging -- and I hope it'll encourage other writers whether they're doing NaNoWriMo or not. "Get it done." Set a word goal and just get it done. If it's 2,000 words a day, then write 2,000 words. Don't fret over how good they are, or if the grammar is correct...or...
  6. I really hope this isn't going where I'm thinking this is going... (news update from my hometown)

    DISCLAIMER: I'm extremely protective of my identity online -- so much so that I once tricked another forum into thinking I was from France. Well, I tricked at least one forum-goer, not sure about the rest. So believe me that when I'm suddenly revealing to you all what city in the US I'm from, you know shit's hit the fan in a nuclear way: Remember way back in June how I told you a black teen was shot by a police officer in my hometown?...
  7. WTF, America!? Seriously, WTF!?

    OK, this is going to be a difficult read for some, and hardly like the rest of the blogs I've done on this forum but...I need to get this off my chest. In short, recent news (that I've seen from The Young Turks and Secular Talk, both talk shows on YouTube) have left me very pissed off at what's happening here in America. Unarmed black guys getting killed by cops, riots breaking out with cities like Charlotte being turned into pseudo-warzones with more innocent people getting hurt. This is,...
  8. My Review of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’

    WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS AHOY FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T READ IT AND CARES ABOUT NOT BEING SPOILED!!! IF YOU DO READ IT AND ARE SPOILED, THEN WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO YOURSELF? <takes out wand> EXPELLIO!! -------------------- In short, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begins 19 years after The Deathly Hallows, picking up exactly where the epilogue of the seventh book left off. Now, if you're expecting a prose-styled format, you will be in for a shock. It's not. It's written out in a screenplay...
  9. Things To Keep In Mind When Writing...

    Here's a list I've compiled after Imaginarily looked over a story I PM'd her for critique. Hopefully this will be of help for not only me, but for everyone else. #1- DON'T INFO DUMP!! Seriously, don't. You've got the entire book to build your world. Keep in mind that what you reveal will be through your character and his/her personal opinions and interests. If you must discuss something, make sure it's something that's relevant for the character or for the plot at that appropriate time. If...
  10. An Open Letter to my British Friends

    Hey, I've been doing some preliminary readings involving the UK leaving the European Union across the various forums. Some of the British folks I know there (and some here) are afraid, panicking, etc. Reactions vary from one end to the other, and some are very upset about this, especially in the other writing forum. If I remember correctly, a British poster on the Zelda Universe forum even declared that this was the demise of the UK. Now a caveat: I'm an American. I've absolutely no clue...
  11. Conquering Your Inner-Bully

    I think I just made a very important step psychologically. A crucial victory in my self-improvement and personal happiness. It's hard to put it into words, but it feels liberating. I feel like I've just been let out of jail (to use a clichéd phrase.) I feel free. I think I just overcame my own worst enemy: myself. I think I just conquered my own inner-bully. For those who may not know what that is, imagine a common bully that puts you down either physically or emotionally. In this case,...
  12. Learn from my Failure. Never exact Revenge.

    [URL]http://historum.com/american-history/107684-all-right-if-i-study-american-folklore.html[/URL] In case you ever wanted a case study on what happens when you let old grudge fester within you, take a gander at the thread I made there yesterday when I was in a somewhat sour mood. To make an exceedingly long story short: An event happened there years ago, when I was cyber-bullied on that forum. Though the member in question is long gone, I never let go of that grudge. Never let go of that hate if you...
  13. Link Critiques 'What Once Was Lost' -- Chapter 3

    <CHAPTER 3> HEAD CHANGE!!! We are now in the head of Levi Jonnson, the owner off the Jonnson Millworks. In short, I feel for this man. I really do. Forget Francis, I feel very bad for Levi Jonnson. How so, you ask? Well imagine yourself in his situation: It's the early hours of the morning and you hear someone on your front porch. You have your pistol ready in case you need to fight off a robber, but instead you find some disheveled woman who smell of smoke accompanied by a small...
  14. Link Critiques 'What Once Was Lost' -- Chapter 2

    <CHAPTER 2> So here we are, Chapter Two and what have we learned? - There's an asylum for the rejected and impoverished in 1890s Kansas. - Willems is a devout Christian who lost her father a year ago. - There's thirteen people in all. - Tommy, the blind kid, needs help going to the bathroom. - The asylum is now on fire. OK look, I'm perfectly fine with the first chapter ending with an event that drastically change the characters' lives forever. We see it all the time. In Harry...
  15. Link Critiques 'What Once Was Lost' -- Chapter 1

    Hello everyone! :D This is the first entry of what I hope to be an ongoing series where I critique books chapter by chapter and dissect what went wrong. For this first entry, I will look into a Christian book called What Once Was Lost by Kim Vogel Sawyer, published in 2013. Why did I read it? Because of curiosity and I stupidly thought it was a historical fiction. The general gist of the plot revolves around mending yourself through God -- finding the strength to patch yourself up after a...
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