Compare and Contrast: Effective Writing vs. Ineffective Writing

This is a very good video for describing subtextual storytelling vs. telling the audience everything that is going on as it happens. For prose writing this type of discussion may not seem necessary, but the fact is that it can come in handy as you show things from a given character’s point of view. You …

Review: The Heights of Perdition by C.S. Johnson

Whew! Well, this one took a while, readers. It is a bit of a juggler’s performance to read anything in a timely manner at present. However, I recently managed to finish The Heights of Perdition, the first book in a trilogy by C.S. Johnson*, and I enjoyed it enough that I thought I would share …

Review: The Paths of Cormanor by Jim Breyfogle

I know that I am overdue to post book reviews here, readers. The knowledge eats at me; I have several books on my TBR list about which I wish to write. And that list is growing by the day, so I had better start thinning the ranks! Cirsova Publishing was kind enough to provide me …

A Unique Conceit (or Three) from Western Television

Gargoyles Retrospective | Disney's Dark Horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hc7yQ4nX_8k Along with others in the Superversive movement, this author tends to highlight various writing techniques which are popularly seen in Japanese anime. Since writers in the Orient frequently make use of practices forgotten here in the West, this is only sensible. If one wishes to learn a craft, …