Telling Stories
The greatest criticism you can say about a story is that it’s boring. But have you ever wondering why that’s such a criticism? Why is it that...
Since actual Japanese sources on writing light novels aren’t easy to find in English, I am sharing translations of some of the more interesting articles I have...
Since actual Japanese sources on writing light novels aren’t easy to find in English, I am sharing translations of some of the more interesting articles I have...
Last week, I did a series of posts trying to come up with a new definition of what a light novel is. And among the definitions translated...
Over the past three days I have looked at the different ways people see light novels. From the Japanese point of view From the non-Japanese point of...
For this little project, I went through many definitions of what a light novel is, both from Japan and from the non-Japanese world. And I have to...
Previously, we looked at how some Japanese try to define what a light novel is. Now, this time we’re going to look at how some non-Japanese have...
Defining what a Light Novel is seems to be like trying to grab a greased pig – it’s messy, hard to pin down, and you can never...
Those kids from the Crazy Tricks Club have done their best trick yet! They’ve managed to sneak into the world of audiobooks with the release of the...
An interesting discussion about the origins of the Isekai genre. They bring up a couple of good points, including the genre’s close connection with The Hero’s Journey...