Being a Better Writer: The Death Spiral · 7:54pm Jan 2nd, 2017

Real cheery title for the first post of 2017, isn't it?

Seriously though, welcome to 2017! I hope it feels like as much of a breath of fresh air for the rest of you as it does from me. Though in my case, it's mostly because I took the last two weeks off.

I know. I took an actual vacation. Cleared games out of my backlog, read a bunch of books, and everything. And you know what's funniest about it?

I actually had to convince myself to stick with it. There was a period about three or four days into it where my mind was like "What are you doing!? You should be working!"

I'm glad I stuck with the vacation. I was so dedicated to clearing my backlog that it almost was work, but it was a lot of fun all the same. Finally knocking a few games off of that list was satisfying. As was all the reading I got to do.

Anyway, none of that really has anything to do with today's topic, mind. I suppose if I had to tie together my ramblings, they would come together as "It was a nice break, but I'm glad to be back at work!"

So, about that topic. As I mentioned, it may seem like an odd title for the first post of 2017. After all, "death spiral" doesn't exactly imbue much confidence, does it?

No. It doesn't. Which is exactly why I think it makes a good topic for the first post of 2017. Because for many young writers, a death spiral is something they get trapped in with no idea of how to get out. And for the new year? Nothing could be better for some of those writers than realizing it and breaking free.

Right, enough pontificating. Let's dive right in and answer the question on so many minds right about now: what is a death spiral?

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