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Colin Chock

Colin Chock

Obsidian for Fiction Writing

“There are three rules for writing of a novel. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham

May 9, 2022

Obsidian for Fiction Writing

May 9, 2022

Colin Chock

Brainstorming with Branching Notes

You can brainstorm with Idea Spinner, any mind-map, TreeSheets, or with a “folding outliner” such as Workflowy, Logseq, Dynalist, &…

Jan 5, 2022

Brainstorming with Branching Notes

Jan 5, 2022

Colin Chock

Zettelkasten & Obsidian

Using the free program Obsidian with the zettelkasten principles of atomization and linking to aid thinking and unlock creativity

Jan 4, 2022

Zettelkasten & Obsidian

Jan 4, 2022

Colin Chock

Metaphysical Fantasy

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and Mither Mages by Orson Scott Card are metaphysical, conversational, scientific “magic system” fantasies

Jun 15, 2019

Metaphysical Fantasy

Jun 15, 2019

Colin Chock

How I Use Plottr to Outline my Novel

The top row is the map and the theme rows are the map keys

May 30, 2019

How I Use Plottr to Outline my Novel

May 30, 2019

Colin Chock

The three things that make the “John Wick” movies effective

1) Choreography 2) World-building 3) Bad boy-ness

Jan 30, 2019

The three things that make the “John Wick” movies effective

Jan 30, 2019

Colin Chock

How I would Rewrite the original Star Wars trilogy

I would combine “Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” into one movie

Jan 16, 2019

How I would Rewrite the original Star Wars trilogy

Jan 16, 2019

Colin Chock

The term TKO is not useful in MMA

We don’t use the term “technical home run”

Dec 15, 2018

The term TKO is not useful in MMA

Dec 15, 2018

Colin Chock

Alcoholic beverage is a useful discovery

It kills bacteria, improves mood, and comes in a large variety

Nov 6, 2018

Alcoholic beverage is a useful discovery

Nov 6, 2018

Colin Chock

Epee reminds me of literature while foil & saber remind me of science fiction & fantasy

Epee fencing is, like literature, realistic

Nov 4, 2018

Epee reminds me of literature while foil & saber remind me of science fiction & fantasy

Nov 4, 2018

Colin Chock

Colin Chock

Born and raised in Honolulu, Colin has lived in Spokane, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. He enjoys martial arts, his niece & nephews, and the Oxford comma

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