Rambling about cool stories.
If you’re an author of any kind of speculative fiction, you’ve probably heard of Sanderson’s Laws of Magic. These are three cardinal rules for developing magic systems in fantasy stories, developed by the author Brandon Sanderson (on his website, he very humbly says that these are just guidelines you should feel free to break if… Continue reading A sci-fi author’s guide to Sanderson’s Laws
Despite having taken every single literature class I had the opportunity to take throughout high school, I was well into college before I ever heard the term “diegesis.” I can only assume this is because my high school teachers were afraid of having to explain it. I completely sympathize with this. It’s a great word… Continue reading Diegesis: breaking down the most confusing term in literature
Believe it or not, I planned to publish this the same weekend Part 2 of Stranger Things Season 4 released, way back in the beginning of July. But after witnessing a lot of discourse online, rewatching the entire season from the start, and rewriting this post more times than I can even count, a review… Continue reading Stranger Things Season 4 has some important lessons for writers
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
