The key elements of a bestselling novel
The Independent newspaper had an interesting piece today about a pair of researchers (Penguin UK editor Jodie Archer, and associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,...
How Koreans get their Web Novels
Yesterday I had a long and fascinating chat with a recently arrived Korean international student about Korean webnovels. Webnovels (books written specifically for the web) are extremely...
January 22, 2016
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A little perspective change on science fiction writing
I’m currently listening to an audiobook of Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi, and while enjoying it a thought occurred to me. We often say that Science...
Hunter x Hunter (2011) Anime Review
The manga Bakuman is about two young manga artists (Takagi the writer, Mashiro the artist) who work their way up through the manga industry at it’s top...
What Jackie Chan can teach us about writing action
Following up my post on what writers can learn from Akira Kurosawa, I’m going to do another blog post on writing- this time based on the nine...
FORCEdraft
A while back, I blogged about WRITE or DIE!, which is a devilish little productivity tool designed to counter writer’s block by making noises, showing horrible images, or...
What Akira Kurosawa can teach us about writing
I recently watched an excellent short analysis of some of director Akira Kurosawa’s film-making techniques by Tony Zhou, and it got me thinking about how we prose...
Random Dramatic Scene Generator
I’m feeling rather proud at the moment. I managed to code a simple webpage that generates a pair of naturally conflicting characters and an action verb which...
Good Advice from Author Scott Sigler about Writing Your First Novel
Post by Scott Sigler.
Choose Your Own Adventure 2.0
Back in the days when I was young (many moons ago), and when video games looked like this… …The closest thing we had to single-player role playing...