Welcome to Creational Story

Welcome to my blog! I’m Colson Potter, author with one book published at time of posting and more coming. This blog covers those topics I believe I can speak valuably upon: writing, politics, theology, philosophy, and the intersections of the four, to the glory of God.

A new article goes up every Monday; short stories and poems (as well as extras) go up when they are ready for public exposure or when I stumble across them in my computer six months later.

  • What’s What on Here

    What’s What on Here

    The Blog Here you can find all the weekly articles. Theology Here you can find articles focused on theology. Writing Here you can find articles focused on the art and theory of writing. Politics Here you can find articles focused

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  • Tariffs in Principle: I

    Tariffs in Principle: I

    Tariffs are the Big Thing right now. I, admittedly, don’t have the expertise or knowledge to critique specific policies on a data level. I don’t know what the specific effects of a specific tariff will be, nor will I make

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  • Modern Writing & Its Issues: III

    Modern Writing & Its Issues: III

    Today we’re going to deal with two problems of direction, a false goal and a false guide to art. This is Part Three of a series (1, 2) dealing with the issues of modern writing, as I’ve observed them, a

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  • Modern Writing & Its Issues: II

    Modern Writing & Its Issues: II

    Last week we discussed two issues common in modern writing: failure to take it seriously and disregard for realism. Today we’re continuing the topic with another issue endemic to the failures of popular media, particularly films and TV shows. We

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  • Modern Writing & Its Issues: I

    Modern Writing & Its Issues: I

    If you’ve followed popular culture over the past few years, even at a remove, you will likely have noticed a paucity of truly excellent stories on the television screen (actually your computer, but that’s neither here nor there), particularly of

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  • Watch Me Edit Prose

    Watch Me Edit Prose

    Writing a story down is hard, but it’s only half the battle. After drafting comes editing, which is a whole skill on its own. I can’t tell you everything I know about editing, let alone all that could be known.

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