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Tag: creative writing
Perversity in Fiction
In recent fiction, perversity rarely takes center stage, but it was not always this way.
When It’s Gotta Be William Shatner.
If a script is tailored to a certain actor, it is doomed to fail. Or is it?
Hunting and Writing
Writing is ultimately a hunt for your own soul.
More Thoughts on Voice
If my voice is condensing into a style through the years, I will sooner or later have to make peace with it
Hook, Line, and Sinker (2)
Every chapter should have at least three "beats". Each beat must be connected with either "therefore" or "but".
10 Kinds of Plot Twists
A plot twist works best when a lot of emotional investment is made by the time it happens.
Nebb
A short fiction. Feedback welcome.
Gobbledegook
A jumble of nonsense words can be cool. But it would be hell to edit.
Yasuke, the Black Samurai (2)
The opening passage of the story of the Black Samurai.
Samurai Novelist 