So I’ve been talking with my family recently about what makes or breaks TV shows. Since I’ve been watching a lot of those lately and getting more of a read on the longer-running-story structure. There always comes a point in the show (or book series, or movie series, or whatever) when the initial concept has… Read More Obligatory New Years Ramble: Seasons of Life
A lot of the time, if you look up examples of establishing character moments, you get the big, flashy ones. The iconic picture that isn’t shy about showing you what sort of person you’re following into the story. Think of Marty McFly in Back to the Future, blowing himself backwards from the sound force of… Read More Lessons from Lost: Subtle Characteristic Moments
Well, today we have something I haven’t done in a while. A guest post! And from quite an awesome human being, too. Elijah is an awesome kid and a great writer and I have had the honor of mentoring him on OYAN. And today, we’re trading guest posts, with our top 5 writing tips! Behold,… Read More Top 5 Writing Tips from My Protege & Me
It’s been a while since I’ve put any opinions or advice on writing on here. And recently on the OYAN forum, a friend asked a few very thought provoking questions regarding my favorite topic, characters. And I basically wrote an article in response. So why not share it here too? xD (@any oyaners following me… Read More A Ramble on Character Likability
Today, we all get a peek at what’s been keeping me absent. It will shock and amaze you, I’m sure. NANOWRIMO Which isn’t particularly surprising, since it’s keeping a lot of people absent. But a book, called “The Powers That Be” is my project and we’ll be talking about that today, since I’m linking up… Read More Beautiful Books: The Powers That Be
So last week we talked about Hornblower’s awesomeness with character development. And now we’re back. Yes, more Hornblower plot rambles. Let’s do this. So. Another thing that the Hornblower show absolutely nails is plot complexity. (Yeah, I know we talked character last week and most everyone is “plot or characters”. But this show nailed both.… Read More Hornblower: The movies that were better than the books & how they did it {Part 2}
Well. Today we’ll be talking about characters and the craft of writing. Also a lot of Horatio Hornblower. Bummer. Everyone knows how much I hate all of those topics. So this is something I’ve had rattling around in my head for a while and hey, look at me, I actually got it down into a… Read More Hornblower: The movies that were better than the books & how they did it {Part 1}
So I occasionally do these cool character linkups, Beautiful People. And apparently, this month isn’t characters, it’s about the writing process. How fun is that? So I’m doing that today. Prepare for rambles and gifs. How do you decide which project to work on? Usually it’s a “first come, first serve” sort of thing.… Read More Beautiful People: My Writing
When you find yourself still chewing on/smiling about/ranting about a certain movie a week after watching it, it’s probably a good sign that you need to write a review. So, here you guys go. -bows- Me Before You: Movie Review Synopsis: Young and quirky Louisa “Lou” Clark (Emilia Clarke) moves from one job to the… Read More Me Before You: Movie Review
Hey, guys! So, the promised weekly-fun-stuff is here. Something I’ve been meaning to share for a bit now… new writing music! A few of you may have heard of Adam Young. The guy who started Owl City and stuff. So what first inspired him to do music was soundtrack/score things. And so, long story short,… Read More Adam Young Scores
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