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Start of a Project – Web Comic

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Sometimes the adoption of a new work flow meets resistance. The same can be said inside a writer's mind. Scrum is a process framework used to manage product development and other knowledge work.  Scrum is empirical in that it provides a means for teams to establish a hypothesis of how they think something works, try it out, reflect on the experience, and make the appropriate adjustments.  That is, when the framework is used properly.Scrum is structured in a way that allows teams to incorporate practices from other frameworks where they make sense for the team’s context.

Taking and repurposing

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One of the key things I realized when I started building the world and structuring the stories for my book series was that I needed to do a lot more reading. Books I had put off reading for one reason or another for a long time now seemed more important than ever to consume. My wording of the first draft was weaker than I had hoped, but I knew that it ultimately didn't matter as it was just a first draft.

The World of El Tor

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By far my most ambitious endeavor, and the culmination of 25 years of creating characters in my mind, reading world history, absorbing all sorts of inspiration including television, books and movies, as well as drawing inspiration from my experiences and happenings inside my own family, I am hard at work on a living, breathing, high fantasy world of my own. The trouble with such an undertaking is that the more you work on it, the more you realize you've got to work on it even more.

Introductions are necessary

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Who is he and why does he matter? This is one of the most important questions I believe any writer should consider when including a character in any kind of writing. Being an unknown creative individual in a world already over-saturated with aspiring screenwriters, filmmakers, novelists, video content creators, streamers and social media influencers gives you the idea that there might not be any room for your work to be seen or your voice to be heard. Statistically, this is true. But creative people must create. That's who I am, and I matter because, just like you, I have a unique view on life that no one else can claim. And so I must create.