The Freedom to Write
Probably because I posted about it earlier this week, I’ve since gone and changed what I’m writing for NaNoWriMo. Tentatively titled Shihoseki for its eponymous heroine, it’s a Pygmalion story with darker undertones to be set in the Legend of the Five Rings country of Rokugan, meaning it’ll never be published and I don’t have [...]
Contagion, or, Why Bookish Narratives Don’t Make for “Good” Films
Though I usually don’t talk about films, Friday night’s opening of Contagion in theaters got me thinking about narrative again, as it seemed to follow a book’s structure as opposed to a film’s. None of my friends seemed particularly impressed as the credits began to roll, but I felt like it was good, just different. [...]
Chekhov’s Gun, Raising the Stakes, and Due Cause
As I pore over my new Dungeon Master’s Book (pooh-pooh Essentials all you want–the DM side is simpler and contains all the errata necessary to combat the last few years’ power creep) and Dungeon Tiles for Athas, the City, and the Dungeon, I remember that I still need to prep for the meat of tomorrow’s [...]
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