Are there parts of life it is wrong to imitate in art? The question may rise in your mind when you’re writing a story and come to the part with the triple murder-suicide that ends in a catastrophic genocidal explosion,
Today’s article is a follow up on last week’s, and as a result of that, it’s not so much one article as two mini-posts put together, one on each of the topics I promised last week. Section One: Isn’t It
We worry about contrivance and coincidence in our stories. For instance, in my novel, Why Ought I to Die?, the ending relies in large part on the main character being at a specific place at a specific time1, a place
We’ve gone over the ways you can lie in Part One, but that’s only half the battle. In fiction, a bad lie kills your story; a good lie (almost always) requires you to tell the truth eventually, finds its virtue
The first rule of lying to your reader: Don’t lie. The second rule? Lie to them all you like, as long as you’re telling the truth. Plot twists, that fabled love of many an over-enthusiastic author, rely upon such lies.
Due to its c. 5500 word length, I’ve split this paper into three parts. This is Part Three of three (find One and Two here). Works Cited & and the full paper can be found here. The benefits of art
Due to its c. 5500 word length, I’ve split this paper into three parts. This is Part One of three (find One and Three here when they’re published). Works Cited & the full paper can be found here. While on
Part One – Part Two – Part Three Are Christians who watch Marvel movies endangering their eternal souls? What about those who watch The Lone Ranger, Merrie Melodies, or Cuties? However innocent or repulsive, these works of art were made
Due to its c. 5500 word length, I’ve split this paper into three parts. This is Part One of three (find Two and Three here when they’re published). Works Cited and the full paper can be found here. Are Christians
What makes a character relatable? Too much writing advice, particularly from woke activists, centers around using the character’s demographic and sociological traits to make them relatable. Black people, they say, need black characters to relate to. Asians need Asians. Polynesians