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The Intentionality of Writing and Realistic Expectations
Full disclaimer - I'm self-taught. I learned through an amalgamation of my public school teachers, my academic writing professors in college, YouTube videos, books on writing craft and worldbuilding, and yes, even writing-advice gurus. Not everyone can afford an MFA, and you don't really need one to learn/do. It's another way of learning is all. I have a Bachelor's in English, a crap-ton of novels, and a bookshelf/laptop full pages saved from different authors, storytellers,

Sarah Tehuiotoa
3 days ago10 min read


Why an Archive?
This one's a little short, but I've been asking myself this. "Why am I bothering to put together an archive?" I'm not a high profile author, neither am I well-known (yet!). I don't have an expansive series published (yet!) nor do I really know what I'm doing (probably still don't!). But so what? I've been worldbuilding for years. I'm not an expert. I don't even have my MFA, at least as of writing this. I've taught myself over the last decade on what it takes to make a great s

Sarah Tehuiotoa
Nov 292 min read


A Fourth Grader Told Me I Could Be a Writer
WARNING: Some ranting. Proceed with the caution one gives an author in the wild. I was thinking about this recently - where did writing first start for me? Don't know why. Maybe because, as of writing this, I just spent the last few weeks dropping insane (to me) amounts of money on things like writing courses, web domains, premium author memberships on Royal Road, Scapple (seriously, go check it out if you haven't), and ad campaigns. And there's so much more I realize I stil

Sarah Tehuiotoa
Nov 294 min read
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