"Empty your mind (with GTD!), be formless, shapeless..." substack.com/@samueljdsco...

The best worldbuilding never feels like worldbuilding. It feels like history leaking through dialogue. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #amwriting

I’m increasingly convinced there are still readers who want to work for meaning. They’re just quieter and harder to surface in algorithm-driven spaces. #minfulness #fiction #fantasy

Do they make white boards for showers? #WriteSky #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Do dragons need wings? #fantasy #dragons

Drew the new spinosaurus! And the old one while I was at it! #spinosaurusaegyptiacus #spinosaurusmirabilis #sciart #paleoart

Matthew

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Fantasy readers: What makes a training arc satisfying for you? #fantasy #writesky #WritingCommunity

She believed stillness was peace. She didn’t yet know it was a weapon.

Is compassion stronger than resolve? Or does resolve create compassion?

#WIP: An overstressed college student follows the echoes of a forgotten religion through a mysterious mirror into a realm beyond the human mind, where something long buried within her may be the only thing holding back a spreading darkness

I've googled it, seen pictures, but I still don't understand how to employ a "rueful smile" 😏? 🫤? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

It's taken me longer to revise part 1 then to write the first draft! 😭 I can't be doing this right. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

288 hours into this manuscript. 80% through the second revision of Part 1 (of 3). Tell me that’s momentum, not madness. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#WIPSnips The word for February 24 is NEITHER A short, reflective section where Yuniper, a deva guardian, is having a quiet moment while weighing whether to become a goddess. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

#InfiniteJest is the only book where I've needed TWO (2) bookmarks.

The water from my tap is so COLD ❄️🥶💦

Or my breakfast every weekend (sometimes on a bagel 👀)

Winter pup #dachshund

How many hours I've put into drafting my MS

Mrs Doubtfire still slaps

Has any one used Campfire or World Anvil?

Is it still the "second draft" if you've re-written chapter 12 three times?

"Instead of dropping acid, I dropped thoughts" Check out the rest here: samueljdscorsone.substack.com?r=7m59pd&utm...

I've googled it. I've seen stock photos. I still don't understand what a "rueful smile" conveys.

💫 We are delighted to share that the 2026 Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature will be delivered by award-winning fantasy and science-fiction author @brandonsanderson.com. 🏰 The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 19 May at 6:00 pm, at Oxford Town Hall.

Work emails before writing: "No." Work email after writing: "I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request"

A draft of a thousand words begins the same way as any long journey.

Engineering teaches you to optimize systems. Zen asks whether the optimizer exists.

More guidelines, really.

I’ve been circling the same questions for years — about structure and Stillness, myth and meaning, consciousness and story. This space is where I’m exploring them in public.