We have never lived enough. Our experience is, without fiction, too confined and too parochial.
-Martha Nussbaum, “Love’s Knowledge”
Welcome
About
I am a fiction writer with a penchant for immersive fantasy, slipstream, and magical realism. I’ve published short stories, several articles on Medium.com, and contributed freelance blog posts to myriad websites. I live in Northern Arizona, where I spend my time failing to avoid mischief.
Please visit ryan-doskocil.medium.com for more of my work.
Articles and Essays
Writing and Reading
Weird Ways to Beat Writer’s Block
Published in The Innovation
The Magic of Worldbuilding in Fiction
Published in Curious
How to Survive a Writing Workshop
Published in The Startup
The 5 Big Questions New Writers Keep Asking
Published in The Startup
The Need to Read: Five Reasons You Should Have Your Nose In A Book
Published in The Startup
Faulkner Said “Kill All Your Darlings,” But Here’s A Less Murderous Way to Edit Your Writing
Published in The Startup
Health and Wellness
Tackling Invisible Illness: How Treating Mind and Body Helped Me Heal
Published in Medium
Disappearing Into Invisible Illness
Published in Medium
Science and Academia
Why Education Doesn’t Have a Finish Line
Published in Medium
Big Agriculture is Killing Our Planet. This Guy Can Fix It.
Published in Medium
