Spell-Casting the Written Word

Create your own language! (Idea prompted by Christopher Alexander's "A Pattern Language". 

SCWW Ep. 0001: Create your own language

Find a motivational phrase or metaphor to push yourself beyond your limits.

SCWW Ep. 0002: When you reach your limits, laugh and keep going

Listen to, play, and add music or instruments into your writing.

SCWW Ep. 0003: Listen to music and to your emotions

Poetry grants you creativity that prose doesn't always. Give writing a poem a whirl!

SCWW Ep. 0004: Write a Poem

Draw a picture of your setting. Then imagine the stories that could take place there.

SCWW Ep. 0005: Draw a picture of your setting

Every week, I write essays about the most important books I'm reading. As a science fiction writer, I also like to ask What if? as a start to short fiction and novels.

SCWW Ep. 0001: Create your own language

Erik van Mechelen - Essays and Fiction