Thoughts on Different Story Structures
My recent article where I was trying to unravel the mysteries of writing what I call Procedural Fiction and a conversation I had with my friend Don...
How Powerful Are Algorithms? | Idea Channel
Information Determinism. Scary stuff! Sadly, it sounds pretty reasonable. Think about it this way- we become like characters in a console RPG like Fable where every choice...
The Population vs. Productivity Paradox
This is one of the most fascinating discussions I’ve listened to in a while, and also one of the most sobering. Take the time to listen to...
25 Ways To Plot, Plan and Prep Your Story
25 Ways To Plot, Plan and Prep Your Story. I tend to do it Chapter by Chapter and Scene by Scene, but I have tried a couple...
Hollywood Accounting
So, apparently Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix made $929 Million dollars, and still managed to lose money. Poor Harry! I guess the recession hits...
A bas les aristos!
I recently read The Scarlet Pimpernel (text, audio, movie) by Baroness Orczy, and ran into a bit of an interesting philosophical quandry while I was reading it....
To Free or Not to Free 2- The Revenge
Last night I was chatting with a friend and discussing the audiobooks conundrum mentioned earlier this week- if you give the audiobook away for free, will they...
Facial Reconstriction
What do Avatars, Actors and Porn Stars all have in common? All of them are looking for the perfect facial expression. The other week when listening to...
They should just ask some kids to do it.
The city of Detroit is starting to follow other cities like Flint and has plans to tear down the massive swaths of empty run-down homes that cover...