Category Archives: Thoughts

What is Animal Symbolism?

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This topic can get a little dicey, but I’m going to tackle it for the week anyway.  Why?  I shall start with a story of my college days. Way back in college, I hung out with a variety of people.  … Continue reading →

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Giving a Fictional City a Personality Quirk

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

I thought about this while watching a ‘One Piece’ episode.  Sadly, I couldn’t find a good picture of Fishman Island’s water tunnel transports.  Instead, I went with Water 7 and it’s canals.  So, what is the point of this? A … Continue reading →

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Training vs Experience

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Another area of discussion is ‘Training vs Experience’.  People argue over which one is better.  You see this a lot when people are debating characters fighting each other.  Many think training always wins against experience alone while others go in … Continue reading →

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Do Superpowered Characters Need Combat Training?

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This is an interesting question.  One that I’ve seen debated over the years.  What are the two sides? Some people think a character who has super powers doesn’t need to have any combat training.  They believe it just comes with … Continue reading →

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Working with Touch Attacks

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This is probably a fairly niche concept.  Let me first explain what I mean by touch attacks: A touch attack is usually a power or spell that is triggered by physical contact.  For example, Rogue’s energy draining ability.  This cannot … Continue reading →

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The Teacher/Student Subplot

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

I got to thinking about this topic while I was rewatching ‘My Hero Academia’.  It was interesting to see how Midoriya (main character) interacted with his various teachers throughout the seasons.  Each relationship helped him grow and was slightly different … Continue reading →

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White Noise vs Ambient/Pink Noise

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

I stumbled into this topic because I saw an ad talking about ‘green noise’.  I’d heard of white noise, but not green.  I went looking and that’s when I discovered ‘pink noise’.  I then found ‘blue noise’ and ‘brown noise’.  … Continue reading →

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Should Author’s Want a Legacy?

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This is something that I seem to be at odds with when I bring it up with other authors.  I might just be explaining things wrong.  Then again, I might just have a different goal when it comes to my … Continue reading →

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Always Write for Yourself

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Months back, I started to openly question why I still wrote.  Books weren’t selling and I can’t do any publishing at this time.  That’s both a financial and situational thing that I hope will be remedied.  Anyway, there was a … Continue reading →

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‘Do I Need to Use a Dragon?’ Cover Reveal and Blurb Test

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

There’s the cover for Do I Need to Use a Dragon? (Fantasy Writing Tips) and the blurb is below.  I had trouble with this because the book itself has a casual, humorous tone to it.  If I made a serious blurb then … Continue reading →

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