As a child of the 80s, I grew up with the long, lazy summers and a full cable package. We had the whole boat: HBO, Cinemax, Showtime and The Movie […]
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Watership Down: My Favorite Fantasy Epic
“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with A Thousand Enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, […]
Read moreWide Sprawling Epic Casts
It’s the nature of sci-fi and fantasy to go big, and big means a cast of “main” characters in the dozens, and hundreds of minor characters. And, as much as […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 5
Parts one, two, three and four of looking at Star Trek: Enterprise‘s third season Xindi Arc. “Home”, the third episode* of the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise served as […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 4
Parts one, two and three. The third act of the Xindi Arc is pretty action packed. On some level, it does make up for the heel-dragging and aimlessness of the […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 3
A continuation of my analysis of the Xindi-arc of Star Trek: Enterprise. Parts one and two. The argument could be made that the first third was a “slow build”, putting […]
Read moreAnalyzing Flawed Arc Structure, Part 2
As I mentioned earlier, I’m analyzing a flawed structure as part of an exercise to improve my own writing, specifically using the third “Xindi Arc” season of Star Trek: Enterprise. […]
Read moreNext Big Thing
Rebecca Schwartz tagged me in her Next Big Thing entry. So here are my answers: 1. What is the title of your Work in Progress? It’s called The Way of […]
Read moreFuture Worldbuilding: Unfolding the Future
One thing I’ve noticed in most “future timelines”– be it for books or television or movies– the worldbuilding tends to gloss over the “near” future. This, of course, makes perfect […]
Read moreNothing In, Nothing Out: I’m Not Reading Enough
Back when I did the DFW Writer’s Conference last year, the keynote speaker said, in part of her keynote speech, “Stephen King reads four hours a day and writes four […]
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