Lessons A Big Something or Other 16 Sep 201919 Nov 2021 Repeatedly asking the question "why" very quickly leads to things that cannot be explained. We can begin with the most grounded of subjects and the most basic of functions, but…
Lessons Influencing and Inspiring 9 Sep 201919 Nov 2021 Overflowing Personalities) Some people have essences so strong that they cannot be contained within themselves. Instead bits and pieces of their soul seem to permeate into our own and change…
Lessons Eating Things 2 Sep 201919 Nov 2021 Agents of Destruction) Monsters. They come in all shapes and sizes. Amorphous blobs, oversized insects, scaly reptiles, hairy beasts, underwater phantoms, undead humans, shape-shifting tricksters, killer robots, and hodge-podge creations.…
Lessons On Being Finite 26 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 On Thursday I concluded a short story, though really that "story" was more like the first act of a much bigger piece. I've had a few posts on here that…
Lessons Choosing Your Scope 19 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 Last week I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. One of the things that stood out to me was that is a long film. It reminded me of how long watching…
Lessons Or I Could Just Ramble On and On 12 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 Triple Writer's Block) It seems that every part of creating a story is tricky. Knowing where to begin is tricky, maintaining interest through a middle is tricky, and ending it…
Lessons Giving Out Information 5 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 On Thursday I posted the second part of Instructions Not Included, at the end of which I noted that some readers will see more significance in the discoveries being made…
Lessons The Sincerest Form of Flattery 29 Jul 201918 Nov 2021 On Thursday I posted the first section of a story which was written in homage of Shane Carruth's work. Shane is the writer/director/producer/star/composer for two films called Primer and Upstream…
Lessons Mostly Familiar…Mostly 22 Jul 201918 Nov 2021 So here we are with a new week and a new series! Today I thought I would talk about a pattern of storytelling that is so ubiquitous it can very…
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