If I call this review spoiler-free, does that mean I have to not say anything to do with Hopper? Or am I allowed to acknowledge that he’s alive? Are we all past that cliffhanger now? Can we as a society please move on? Yes? Ok, good. So, welcome to my virtually spoiler-free review of Stranger… Continue reading Stranger Things Season 4 Part 1: a (mostly) spoiler-free review
HAPPY STRANGER THINGS DAY!!! In honor of the long-awaited arrival of season 4 of one of my favorite shows of all time, I wanted to write about the genre this work of art calls home: Lovecraftian horror. What is it, where did it come from, and how do you write it? Fair warning, this post… Continue reading How to ace Lovecraftian horror and creep everyone out
I was going to review a book this month, but I didn’t have as much reading time as I’d hoped, so I decided to use this month’s review to defend something that I’ve realized is badly in need of a good defense. That would be the game Firewatch, an indie “walking simulator” that I have… Continue reading Game Review: Firewatch
You’ve spent hours. You’ve been slaving away. You’ve taken seventeen different personality tests, generated a full horoscope analysis that was so long it took ten minutes to download, and filled out every character sheet Pinterest has to offer. You can recite every detail about your character’s life, from their first word to their last. And… Continue reading How to communicate that tragic backstory you worked so stinkin’ hard on
Welcome to my first in-depth analysis! These won’t be super frequent because they do take a heck of a lot of work (hence my brief hiatus – sorry ‘bout that, by the way), so if this isn’t your thing, never fear – we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled writerly content on Thursday. But if… Continue reading What, like it’s hard? Legally Blonde: the Musical and the Science of Adaptation
Nothing scares people like first chapters, and there’s a good reason for that. From a marketing perspective, it’s the highest-stakes part of your book. If you’re going the traditional publishing route, this is the first – and in many cases, only – glimpse of your work that agents and publishers are going to see. It’s… Continue reading The ultimate first chapter checklist
