Tag Archive | writing
TV Tropes Monday: Hijacked By Jesus
Tweet of the Day: Writing Excuses 8.19: Writing and Convention Culture ——- This trope…well this trope goes something like this: “Oh, a new religion. How nice! Let’s see what we can do with it. Okay it has a Sky God, father figure to the other gods and mortals, lays down the law, and is the […]
Lessons from the Aether: Game Design and the Challenge Curve
Tweet of the Day: It is Pitch Black. You are Likely to be eaten by Paul Ricoeur. ——- One challenge facing any game designer is how to find and maintain the right balance between a players/characters skills/abilities and challenge so as to maintain a modicum of tension throughout the game experience. If the game is […]
Weekend Roundup: April 21-27
Tweet of the Day: The Littlest PA: A Story of a Middle Child ——- Good news everybody! Ahem, I am now the newest contributor to Koobismo.com ( link to first article here ) a game fan sight made by fans and game designers alike. I sent a couple of game related re-prints to them […]
TV Tropes Monday: Defector from Decadence
Tweet of the Day: Strings of Retaliation – 18b – Bullet ——- The Defector from Decadence is a character who abandons the dark side not because he has suddenly turned good but because the values of his former compatriots don’t match his own. A writer can use this trope to add both narrative and character […]
Lessons from the Aether: Sanderson and Worldbuilding a Plot
Tweet of the Day: Forging a Universe: Worldbuilding Physics ——- Brandon Sanderson is a master of weaving deep, well thought out worldbuilding into intricate fantasy plots. While other writers struggle with the question of how much background information to put in their stories, Sanderson makes figuring out how the world works part of the […]
Lessons from the Aether: SG-1 and the Beauty of Consistency
Tweet of the Day: Using real history as plot. Not as easy as it sounds? ——– Stargate SG:1 started as a television spinoff of the Franco-American movie of the same name. It ran from 1997 to 2007. Much longer than any of the Star Trek incarnations, either version of BSG plus it had at least […]
Weekend Roundup: March 3-9
Tweet of the Day: Crossroads: Riding into Space- Westerns and Speculative Fiction ——- The hidden blessings of writer’s block. Yes, you read that right. You see, for me writer’s block is my brain way of saying, “You are about to screw up, buddy!” Doesn’t stop me from screwing up all the time, that is what […]
Weekend Roundup: February 17-23
Tweet of the Day: What’s The Secret Of A Successful Science Fiction&Romance Combination? ——- It seems I got my groove back. Another week of regular posting, if a bit late each day. In other news a story I sent to an anthology didn’t make it, but I got a nice, thorough reply and an invitation […]
Genre as Argument
Tweet of the Day: I remember Space Quest. Do You? ——– Short post today. In upcoming weeks I’ll be exploring the idea of genre (and sub-genres) as argument. The idea is that each book presents an argument, for or against a given world view, even if the author is not making direct appeals to his […]
