Words on the Street with Scott Colby
Scott ColbyWe're going to talk about writing, storytelling, culture, tech, and anything else that catches my attention.
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2026-31: What Spider-Man: Brand New Day can teach us about introducing a new character
First off, I want to acknowledge the elephant in the room: I forgot to write a post last week. My year and a half-long streak of posts is toast. I spent the first few days of the week up in Maine, taking a break, came home to a giant to-do...
2026-30: Time
If I’ve learned one thing in my almost eight months as a full-time freelancer, it’s that there isn’t nearly as many hours in each day as I would like.
Scheduling’s hard. That’s just the truth. We can estimate how long we think something is...
2026-27: The Strategy
When it comes to writing, I’m an out-of-control pantser. I skip the in-depth outline, dive in, and see what the story’s going to be, then figure out what my main plot points are and get there how I get there. I suspect this is highly unheal...
2026-28: Cover me!
This week, as part of republishing my Deviant Magic novels under my new Giant Sword Publishing imprint, I realized I had something new—and kind of high-priority—to add to my to do list.
What about the covers?
Thanks for reading Words on t...
2026-27: One scene, two perspectives
I’ve written and posted a lot about repetition when it comes to word choice and sentence structure. With good reason: as an editor, that’s the issue I flag most, to the point that the act itself often feels redundant. But what about repetit...
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Writer, editor, technologist. Boston-based. Author of the Deviant Magic contemporary fantasy series. Cooler than Elon.
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