Alright, Here’s How to Write a Fight Scene
If you’ve found yourself wondering what actually makes a fight scene work, and how to actually write it, this is the article you’ve been looking for.
It’s not exhaustive, but it will certainly give you the tools to expand your writing not only of fight scenes, I think, but in many aspects of storytelling, given descriptions of immediate scene, narrative summary and how changing up the writing keeps the pacing high.
The Line Between Fun and Quality - An Opinion Piece
The expression, “Dude, just enjoy it and stop treating it like it’s supposed to be some deep artful story” implies that having fun and being deeply artful are completely unrelated. Studio Ghibli disagrees.
So do I. This article has nothing to do with Studio Ghibli, I only just thought of that for this description.
Keeping a Story Alive: A Review of the Novel “A Figure of Speech”
The much-anticipated review for this book lost to time. Most of my affection for this book and its representation of stories lost to time will have been depleted by time I get to the dreary conclusion.
Maybe I should have stayed in bed; then I could have slept on this one.
In Illustration and Writing, the Story is the Core
Have you ever seen an image that inspired your imagination, but when you tried to write a scene based on it, you were confused to see that your own words seemed to fail to convey all of the wonderful poignancy that the original illustration elicited in you?
Maybe this article can clear up that confusion.
Using Manga to Learn Writing Technique
I saw a couple interesting things in a manga I’m reading that might transfer over to writing with a little creativity. Let’s have a look, shall we!
Considerations from My First Novel, Part 2
I’ve come a long way since I started writing this novel, and that’s the problem.
How’s that for a hook, fella?
My Own “Show; Don’t Tell” Philosophy
Struggling with putting details into your story while still keeping the plot progressing? If you want to maintain forward momentum even as you provide atmospheric details, relevant and less relevant, then this might help.
On Distractions
We are more easily distracted than one might suppose. Here are some truths that might help you to discover some of your own blunders that could be impeding your writing progress.
Considerations from My First Novel, Part 1
For me, writing a novel is a long, arduous process, the quality of which is always vacillating in my mind between phenomenal masterpiece and sickening abomination.
These are my thoughts on the process.