Tag Archives: Storytelling

Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups: part 2

Posted on September 16, 2020 by

Today I’m finishing off the list of Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups by going over numbers 6-10, because that’s how math works. Again, I’ve put them in order of most frequently used (by my reckoning), which is not the same thing … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups: Part 1

Posted on September 9, 2020 by

When writing a long-running series, sometimes significant changes must occur to give the audience a sense of newness and the passage of time, or just to make sure things don’t get stale. There are a number of different things writers … Continue reading →

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Vampires Vs. Dragons

Posted on January 30, 2020 by

  I feel I should preface this book release with the fact that I get excited by new and interesting ways of telling a story. The novels that I tend to write more quickly and passionately are the ones where … Continue reading →

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The Storyteller’s Handbook

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

The Storyteller’s Handbook is now officially released! This is my fifth published book in total, and my first foray into the self-help genre. The art of storytelling has been a growing subject on my heart over recent years and eventually … Continue reading →

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One Punch Man – (a TV review slash analysis)

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

‘One Punch Man’ – if you read that and think “How can that possibly be interesting?” then you’re right on track with understanding the basic needs of an interesting story. I myself would not have given this a try unless … Continue reading →

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How to Write Love Stories

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

Despite the seeming necessity to spend at least a bit of time on this subject, I found myself hesitating to do this. The reason is that it seems a bit counter-natural to give out a list of rules regarding what … Continue reading →

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How to Write Women

Posted on June 19, 2017 by

The most common mistake I see male writers make when writing women is to write every woman the same. All women are written as stereotypical women who are good at cooking and cleaning and staying at home and not having … Continue reading →

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Writing Villains (Part 3 – The Doosh)

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

Actually, Dooshes sometimes end up in the good guy category, but they are generally some sort of antagonist toward whoever the protagonist is, which in its own sense kind of makes them a villain anyway. Though their roles in fiction … Continue reading →

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Writing Villains (Part 2 – Sympathetic Villains and Monsters)

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

Sympathetic Villains These can be interesting if done right, but you have to be very careful. Sympathetic Villains, as mentioned in the last post, are usually villains who hate themselves, or hate what they’ve become, but they don’t see a … Continue reading →

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Writing Villains (Part 1 – Personal Villains and Obstacle Villains)

Posted on June 8, 2017 by

To be clear, when I say “villain” I do not exclusively mean “the antagonist”. Most stories have only one antagonist, but many stories have several villains. In classical literary terms, the Antagonist is generally the primary character (or thing) that … Continue reading →

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