Archive - M Harold Page

Conquistador Murder Hobos for Jesus!

The Relación of Gaspar de Carvajal: The Discovery of the Amazon

Jan 3 •

November 2024

Montage outlining, anybody?

In which I discover the Five and Two Halves Episode Structure...

Nov 7, 2024 •

October 2024

70s SciFi Worldbuilding (3): Starship Operations

Using Conflict Diagrams to fine-tune a Transistor Punk Space Opera setting

Oct 2, 2024 •

September 2024

70s SciFi Worldbuilding (2): Space Travel

Using Conflict Diagrams to fine-tune a Transistor Punk Space Opera setting

Sep 30, 2024 •

70s SciFi Worldbuilding (1): Nerfing the tech in a way that makes sense

Using Conflict Diagrams to fine-tune a Transistor Punk Space Opera setting

Sep 26, 2024 •

June 2024

Escape current events into a podcast

Three engaging non-political podcasts to take your mind off all the unpleasant stuff

Jun 28, 2024 •

High Medieval Sword and Sorcery Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding a secondary world using conflict

Jun 17, 2024 •

December 2023

Track, Derail, and Change

My current working model of structure

Dec 11, 2023 •

The practical problem with Save the Cat

Whatever you think of the theory, the real problem is it's a poor outlining aid

Dec 4, 2023 •

November 2023

Pruning Scrivener Overload

How to use Scrivener when your brain is buggered, and why Acts are bad for outlining

Nov 30, 2023 •

August 2023

Sometimes Writers' Block is Real

Emotional Numbness Actual Writer’s Block

Aug 20, 2023 •

Another day, another blogging platform

Aug 20, 2023 •

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