I’m a bit of a planner when it comes to writing. I need a framework, something to help keep my eye on the end game. Before I begin any story or chapter it has to be planned in as much detail as possible. In the past, most of my planning focused on plot. Moving the story from A to B. While I include character development in this, it never had much of a focal point. The more I … [Read more...] about Character Plotting: A post by Richie Billing
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Game of Thrones: Series Finale Analysis
When Celthric asked me to write an analysis of the Game of Thrones finale, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to. It wasn’t that I thought it would be overwhelming, which I did. It wasn’t that I didn’t love the finale, which I didn’t. And it wasn’t that I hated it, either. It was that all I felt at the conclusion was a vague sense of disappointment. So I watched the finale again … [Read more...] about Game of Thrones: Series Finale Analysis
Fahrenheit 451 and why we’re pushing future generations to avoid conflict
Fahrenheit 451 is a classic novel by Ray Bradbury. Many of you have read it in high school at some point, and since it’s both a classic piece of literature and an entertaining and engaging story, it’s often a favorite of students who are forced to read a whole bunch of books they don’t enjoy. When people talk about Fahrenheit 451, they typically think of censorship. The … [Read more...] about Fahrenheit 451 and why we’re pushing future generations to avoid conflict
In Defence of Trolls
Whoever said that there is no such thing as bad publicity never really understood what it was like to experience the deluge of negative publicity that has befallen trolls. The origin of trolls is unknown and the subject of much speculation. One theory cites their origin is a distant folk memory of the time modern humans first made contact with their strange looking cousins the … [Read more...] about In Defence of Trolls
A Guide To Writing Fight Scenes
The Original Article was posted courtesy of Richie Billings at the following link: https://richiebilling.com/2017/08/15/a-guide-to-writing-fight-scenes/ I often see people asking about writing fight scenes, so this week, with axes in hand, I thought we’d battle our way through a quick guide. There seem to be a few general rules of thumb for writing fight scenes. They … [Read more...] about A Guide To Writing Fight Scenes