100% this. I wrote about this in the context of TTRPGs here idlecartulary.com/2025/04/08/w...
Lately I’ve read a bunch of modules that feel like they weren’t fully baked. The scope story they were trying to tell was greater than their page count. I was left wishing there was more, despite a…
more writing advice, because I apparently do that now:
sometimes things just aren't done cooking yet. unless you're on a strict deadline, it's okay to back off of something and let some life happen to you to inform your artistic decisions
let your life inform your art. ask "what does this tell me"
Jana H-S (she, like a knife)
learn to be curious about how you're going to pull something off. "how would I say this" not as exhortation but as genuine question
remember that writing is a form of surgery. you normally can't jump straight to removing the organ, you have to cut around it first. you might have to crack a few ribs
