Top Ten Articles – January 2019

Well, it’s the end of the month and I thought that I’d do my usual thing of collecting links to my ten favourite articles about writing fiction, making art etc.. that I’ve posted here this month. As usual, I’ll include a couple of honourable mentions too.

All in all, this month’s articles turned out reasonably well. Although I’m still trying to post a book review every 2-4 days, so there are less instructional articles as a result (I don’t know when the next book review will be though, since the book I’m reading at the time of writing [“Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson] isn’t exactly a quick read, plus it’s been a while since my last “Doom II” level review too), quite a few of my articles turned out reasonably well.

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂 Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – January 2019:

– “Four Tips For Writing Daily Short Stories”
– “Why Traditional Art Skills Still Matter – A Ramble”
– “Two Basic Tips For Adding Some Nostalgia To Your Stories”
– “Three Tips For Building A “Buffer” Of Stories, Comics, Articles etc.. To Post Online (If You’ve Already Started Posting Stuff)”
– “Two Sneaky Ways To Be An Inspired Artist Again”
– “Two Better Alternatives To Writing Fan Fiction”
– “Four Random Tips For Writing Stories Set In 1990s America”
– “Three Clever Hidden Tricks That Writers Use”
– “Four Better Alternatives To Rotating First-Person Narration”
– “Three Basic Tips For Writing Vampire Stories”

Honourable Mentions:

– “Five Things I’ve Learnt From Getting Back Into Reading Regularly”
– “Three More Tips For Reading More This Year“

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Top Ten Articles – December 2018

Well, it’s the end of the month (and the year). So, I thought that I’d do my usual thing of collecting a list of links to the ten best articles about writing fiction, making art etc… that I’ve posted here over the past month. As usual, I’ll also include a couple of honourable mentions too.

Surprisingly, due to all of the book reviews I posted here this month (it seems to be becoming a regular feature), there weren’t as many “ordinary” articles as I’d expected. Even so, some of them turned out reasonably well and I also ended up writing more writing-based articles than usual too 🙂

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂 Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – December 2018:

– “What Can Novel Cover Art Teach Us About Making Art?”
– “Don’t Show Your Audience Everything – A Ramble”
– “Three Tips For Basing Lots Of Stories Around A Single Theme”
– “What Books Can Do That Other Entertainment Mediums Can’t – A Ramble”
– “One Quick Tip For Writing Ultra-Gripping Action Scenes In Thriller Stories”
– “Three Shocking Tips For Writing 1980s-Style Splatterpunk Horror Fiction”
– “Three Tips For Making Webcomics When You’ve Got Less Time”
– “Three Differences Between Thriller Fiction And Horror Fiction”
– “How Straightforward Should Your Narration Be?”
– “Two Basic Tips For Using Digital Lighting Effects In “GIMP” (GNU Image Manipulation Program)”

Honourable Mentions:

– “Three Silly Tips For Writing ‘Creature Feature’ Horror Stories”
– “Three Tips For Writing 1990s-Style Cyberpunk Fiction“

Top Ten Articles – November 2018

Well, it’s the end of the month and this means that it’s time for me to compile my usual list of links to my ten favourite articles about making art, making comics, writing fiction etc… that I’ve posted here over the past month. As usual, I’ll include a couple of honourable mentions too.

All in all, this was a bit of a variable month in terms of articles. Not only were there more reviews than I had expected, but I had both highly-inspired days and uninspired days when writing the non-review articles. So, the quality of this month’s articles varied quite a bit. Hopefully, next month’s articles will be better 🙂

Anyway, here are the lists. Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – November 2018:

– “Want More Originality? Try Some Emotional Variation – A Ramble”
– “What Can Games Teach Writers About Challenging Their Audience? – A Ramble”
– “What An Old Novel Taught Me About Writing Thrilling Dialogue”
– “What Tribute Bands Can Teach Us About Fan Art- A Ramble”
– “Is There An Artistic Equivalent Of A “Live Version” Of A Song? – A Ramble”
– “Three Tips For Remaking Your Old Webcomic Updates”
– “Three Tips For Bringing Old Genres Up To Date”
– “Three Random Tips For Modern 1970s-Style Storytelling”
– “Four Tips For Getting Back Into Reading Regularly”
– “The Library Of The Imagination – A Ramble”

Honourable Mentions:

– “Why You Should Create Your Own Fictional Universe When Making Comics – A Ramble”
– “How Subtle Should Dark Comedy Be? – A Ramble“

Top Ten Articles – October 2018

First of all, Happy Halloween everyone 🙂 Anyway, since it’s the end of the month, it’s time for my usual list of links to what I consider to be the ten best articles about making art, making webcomics, writing fiction etc… that I’ve posted here over the past month. As usual, I’ll also include a few honourable mentions too.

All in all, this month probably wasn’t the best one in terms of articles. Partly, this was due to being busy with a couple of other projects at the time of preparing this month’s articles in addition to problems caused by tiredness and/or writer’s block. Still, there were some good articles posted here this month.

So, without any further ado, here are the lists. Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – October 2018

– “Three Stress- Reduction Tips For Making Comics And/Or Webcomics”
– “Why “Less Is More” Applies To Blood In Horror Comics – A Ramble”
– “Time Travel And Art Mediums- A Ramble”
– “Are Games Art? – A Ramble”
– “The Joy Of … The ‘Hedonism’ Genre”
– “Three Things An Old Computer Game Can Teach Us About How To Add Some Heavy Metal To The Fantasy Genre”
– “Three Unusual Things To Do If You Write Yourself Into A Corner”
– “Single-Location Comedy – A Ramble”
– “Three Ways To Deal With Comparing Your Own Creative Works To ‘Great Works’”
– “Making Art – Do The ‘Graphics’ Matter? – A Ramble”

Honourable mentions:

– “Using Fake Anachronisms In Historical Art And Fiction – A Ramble”
– “Creativity, Subcultures And Fandoms – A Ramble”
– “Four Reasons Why Creating Stuff With Older And/Or Low-Tech Tools Is Awesome“

Top Ten Articles – September 2018

Well, it’s the end of the month and this means that it’s time for me to do my usual thing of collecting a list of links to what I feel are the ten best articles about making art, writing fiction, making webcomics etc… that I’ve posted here during the past month. As usual, I’ll include a couple of honourable mentions too.

All in all, this month’s articles turned out reasonably well. Surprisingly, I actually ended up writing a few critic-style articles about “Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines“, mostly since I was re-playing this game at the time, which also explains why my planned review of “Under A Killing Moon” never appeared.

Still, since I was preparing last year’s Christmas stories at the time I was writing these articles, there’s a few articles about the film noir genre here.

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂 Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – September 2018:

– “Three Tips For How To Look For Inspiration”
– “How Much Do You Have To Explain About Your Fictional ‘World’ If You Want A Re-Readable Story?”
– “Three Quick Tips For How To Fake “Film Noir”-Style Narration”
– “Three Reasons Why Fan Works Can Sometimes Be Better Than Their “Official” Counterparts”
– “Four Rambling Thoughts About Making ‘Film Noir’-Style Art”
– “Two Very Basic Tips For Writing ‘Film Noir’ Comedy”
– “When To Wait For Inspiration (And When Not To) – A Ramble”
– “Two Tips For Binge Creativity (eg: Binge Writing, Comic Binges etc..)”
– “Three Cool Benefits Of Reading More In The Past Than You Do Now”
– “Four Tips For Finding Creative Inspirations On A Low Budget”

Honourable mentions:

– “Four Reasons Why Things From The 1990s Can Seem More Creative”
– “Three Technical Tips For Painting From Memory“

Top Ten Articles – August 2018

Well, it’s the end of the month and this means that it’s time for me to do my usual thing of providing a list of links to the ten best articles about making art, writing fiction and/or making webcomics that I’ve posted here over the past month (plus a few honourable mentions too).

All in all, this month has been a reasonably good one in terms of articles, even if I was also busy with lots of stuff. Still, there ended up being slightly more reviews posted here than I’d initially planned (then again, this seems to be something of a trend here these days).

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂 Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – August 2018:

– “One Basic Way To Get The Size Of Everything In Your Drawing Or Painting Right”
– “When A Story Fails At The Last Minute – A Ramble”
– “Three Basic Reasons Why Nostalgia Turns Up In Creative Works A Lot”
– “When A Short Story Turns Out Badly – A Ramble”
– “Three Things To Do If You Worry That Your Art Is Getting Worse”
– “When Your Art Style Gets In The Way – A Ramble”
– “One Benefit Of Creative Limitations”
– “When Nostalgia Isn’t Defined – A Ramble”
– “Simplification And Storytelling – A Ramble”
– “Two More Quick Tips For Making Monochrome Art”

Honourable Mentions:

– “Make Your Filler Comics Fun (To Make) – A Ramble”
– “Two Quick Tips For When Your Artistic Enthusiasm Runs Low”
– “Here’s Another Thing Computer And Video Games Can Teach Writers And Artists“

Top Ten Articles – July 2018

Well, it’s the end of the month and that means that it’s time for me to make my usual list of links to my favourite articles about making art, writing fiction and/or making webcomics that I’ve posted here over the past month. As usual, I’ll also include a couple of honourable mentions too.

Although there were still a fair number of game and/or film reviews posted here this month, there were slightly fewer than during my film review series last month. Still, thanks to the fact that I was making a webcomic and preparing last year’s Halloween stories at the time of writing this month’s articles, there were a fair number of reasonably good articles about writing, comics etc..

Anyway, here are the lists 🙂 Enjoy 🙂

Top Ten Articles – July 2018:

– “Three Reasons Why Your Short Story Collections Should Include Some Variety”
– “Three Things To Do When You Can’t Make A Horror Story Too Gruesome”
-“Three Basic Tips For Making “Old Future”-Style Sci-Fi Art”
– “Three More Ways To Deal With Failed Paintings (Emotionally)”
– “Three Reasons Why Stories Can Have Alternative Endings”
– “Three Reasons Why Things In The Horror Genre Can Be Scarier Than You Remember”
– “Even More Thoughts About “Obvious” Early Creative Inspirations – A Ramble”
– “Three Ways To Stop Your Readers Feeling “Out Of Their Depth”
– “Why Inspiration Works In “Strange” Ways”
– “Three Basic Ways To Disguise “Lazy” Art”

Honourable Mentions:

– “Four Things I Learnt About Art and Storytelling From Watching Films From The 1990s”
– “Why Creative Works Don’t Always Have To Make Sense – A Ramble”