Writing advice

The Skill Gap and Impostor Syndrome

5 minute read Published: 2025-12-17

You're not really an impostor. You're just pretending at it.

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. XI: The hero, the villain, and the laughingstock.

8 minute read Published: 2025-12-10

“But why do people like my villain?”

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. X: On the reproductive habits of human cadavers

3 minute read Published: 2025-12-09

Do vampires have a sex drive?

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. IX: The golden rules of sex scenes

5 minute read Published: 2025-12-08

Some readers are, indeed, only in it for the cheap thrills.

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. VIII: The sexually attractive character

6 minute read Published: 2025-12-07

Attractive according to whom, exactly?

Pretentious Writing Advice vol. VII: What does your personality look like?

5 minute read Published: 2025-12-06

How to describe characters' physical appearances.