Stories Made Simple Ep.3 – The Spine of Action (Part 1)
In this episode, Rob begins delving into the Spine of Action, and how understanding it can make your stories better.
Telling Stories
In this episode, Rob begins delving into the Spine of Action, and how understanding it can make your stories better.
In this episode, Rob discusses the importance of details in stories, what details writers need to include, and how many.
I’ve been wanting to do a few YouTube videos about storytelling for a while, and finally finished the first one. Let me know what you think! Rob
In this episode, Rob and Don sit down with translator and author Jeremy Bai to discuss the world of Chinese Webnovels. The trio discuss the history of...
In this episode, Don and Rob head East with Justus R. Stone, YouTube Light Novel Reviewer, to discuss the ins and outs of the Japanese and American...
This has been an interesting year for me, not the least of because I spent half of it working on my first major nonfiction book, Write! Shonen...
Summary: The Investigation Plot is a basically a typical detective/mystery procedural story but with a Japanese twist to heighten the drama. A standard of Japanese TV and...
Summary: The Duel Plot is one of the most common types of Battle Manga plots, as the majority of stories in a Battle Manga are based around...
Summary: The Righteous Avenger plot is an extremely common plot in manga and anime, and appears from time to time in Western media as well. In short-...
It’s finally here! Six months ago, I started a “small” project to write a short book on writing Shonen Manga style stories. Now, 310 pages and 90,000...