First of all class, congratulations on completing the project fair, you've made it through the storms and stresses of such a Herculean task! During the fair, some of you were like a cat chasing a laser, all your senses firing while rigorously engaging with the kids. Some of you were calm and placid in the midst of chaos, like Nero playing a fiddle while Rome burns down. And some of you were like a peacock vs pigeons among pigeons, flaunting your dance moves to draw the visitors to your...

This blog post was inspired by James Clear’s Masterclass on Habits Imagine this: you're part of a world-class cycling team. You’ve got the best gear, top-tier coaches, intense training schedules, but still, you're not winning. That was the British Cycling Team’s situation in 2003. Despite their hard work, their performance didn’t match their effort. Then came Dave Brailsford, a new performance director with a simple but revolutionary idea: “The Aggregation of Marginal Gains.” His belief? If...

3 things to consider about the point of telling: The novum not only affects the reality we've set the "new thing" in, but also the protagonist of the story—whether they are learning about their abilities, the rules of their technology, or what has gone wrong. While there are works in genre (slipstream) that the non-naturalist element may work in the background, to call it genre we must make the non-naturalist element real, and not work metaphorically. What is the timeline we are capturing in...