Daniel Honey

Main Points • Seek out criticism to build toughness and enable desensitizing. • Shift perspectives: become your own manager when taking criticism (using tokens can help). • Multi-track: do several submissions at once, and produce so much content you don’t feel so personal about each one. • Learn what criticism is helpful. Use large groups of people to review your work to see they agree on, on average. Introduction Writing, or any other artistic endeavor, is difficult. It can be…

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Main Points • Audiobooks are great for consuming information but don’t teach as much as actual reading. • Reading books gives better insight into the actual writing process. Introduction I have a confession to make. I rarely read anymore. I know that’s ironic with me wanting to be an author and everything. I just find it hard to lie there doing nothing but focus on words. Reading pretty much requires 100% attention. You might get away with listening to music,…

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Main Points • Fixed mindsets believe talent is innate and cannot be created, view challenges as insurmountable, make excuses, and run away from problems. • Growth mindsets believe talent can be grown and improve, view problems as challenges to be aid growth, dive into issues, and face problems head on. • Growth mindsets can replace fixed mindsets over time. • Watch TED talks. Introduction I read/listen to a lot of inspirational books, podcasts, and articles. I’d recommend that for everyone,…

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It’s a two for one blog post this week, with more analysis on the video game, The Last of Us. Main Points • Segmenting the main plot is good. Four part method is (1) introduction; (2) first journey; (3) everything terrible happens; (4) beginning of hope/new plan, biggest battle and conclusion. • Main emotional conflicts should be established early on and come to a head often (a big middle event and the big final event). • Every segment needs an emotional…

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Main Points • Make the setting unique and make it it’s own character. • Take common ideas and tweak them just a bit. • Prologues can have a huge emotional impact on readers. • We care most about characters who care about each other, are proactive, and have loving relationships. This can be established quickly if executed well. • Every major character needs a character arc, where they grow or face their own conflict. • Four part structure can provide…

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