Dustin Bloom

Author, History Nerd, Gamer

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#17: Character Deaths; Necessary, or Not? Happy August! I should preface
Happy August! I should preface this blog post with the fact that I’m talking specifically about my thoughts on this. As a disclaimer, if you're writing something, always do what makes sense for the story. Usually, that's the best rule of thumb to follow, no matter what type of genre you're writing in.

So, death. That's a fun topic! (/sarcasm) Interestingly, there's a reason we have such a large culture surrounding our dead in the West (and historically, worshipping our ancestors). In writing,...
#16: Second Chances, Resolutions, and Self-Awareness We seldom get a second
We seldom get a second chance; such is true in life. It's easy to take the privileges given to us and not even pay them an ounce of attention. Only if we're lucky do we truly get a second chance to change the way we initially set things for the better, but often, it's not about the second chances that make our philosophies so strong. Many of us have made irreversible mistakes; mistakes that have defined us as people, that have everlasting impacts on our minds. Like I said earlier, it's not...
#15: Physical Character Designs I'd like to preface this post with one
I'd like to preface this post with one simple disclaimer: I'm not a fashion designer. This post is also interesting to me because fashion is not something I particularly pay much attention to in writing, but I will give you my thoughts on it. Anyway, now that we've established that, I think that character designs are among the most important subtle details in a narrative. Even if it's as simple as the color they're wearing (black to show authority, blue to show loyalty, purple for opulence,...
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