Category: Novel Writing
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The Projects I am Working On (2025)
The novels and video game projects that I am working on in 2025.
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Books I Finished Reading (2023)
I am late to the party on this one, but I finally decided to keep a record of all the books I read in a year. For writers, this is a pleasant way of reminding oneself of the idea to keep reading; read everything. It will benefit one’s writing.
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Reasons why I don’t prefer the Proust Questionnaire.
In my previous blog, I mentioned the famous Proust Questionnaire. I was introduced to the questionnaire as a tool to help writers understand their characters in one of my courses in the Creative Writing Certificate. Though there were some interesting questions, I used them very little. I didn’t understand why until I finished the Character…
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How can you define an Antagonist or Antagonism in your story?
In my previous blog, I mentioned antagonism, and I thought I would use this blog to describe two examples that stood out to me. The instructor, Nancy Lee, explained the subject well in her video, The Three Levels of Antagonism. She made me re-think what an antagonist is and how I can apply it to my story. One…
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UBCx Character Development: An impressive resource to grasp and improve character development in novels and video games.
Why did I need to take this course in the first place? I wanted a well-rounded background in story writing and, eventually, to make my own video game. I enrolled in the Professional Certificate in Writing for Video Games in the last month of my Creative Writing Certificate. Simultaneously, I applied for a Master’s in…
Michael Leask 