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Eh, more often than not, these are excuses. A lot of inexperienced writers hide behind "it's my style" when the real issue is they haven't internalized the craft yet or even know they're doing shit wrong. It can be a style, but it has to be intentional for a specific emotional or tonal effect...

Hopefully, this is not just a refresher (though I imagine it is for some). It's more... well, it's a sequence for tackling it, too, and methods for it. After all, an issue I've found in the writing world is that all kinds of loose information just out there, with no formal framework for...

Movies are written with screenplays, which require text...

This! I swear, the amount of excuses people make to justify not trying and staying mediocre... These types of conversations get me heated, so I'm going to drop in why this matters beyond surface level of observations of just "X does this" and "I mean, I've seen people not do it, so it's fine."...

Okay, so I think I understand what you're asking. Sort of. To answer things, it's still relevant because it's the groundwork for all of that. I recently had an analogy that I keep coming back to. Don't think of words as independent of everything else. Don't view each instrument as its own thing...

@aurifex is correct.

...You just proved the value of my system... In your case, you gave a character a strong emotional reason to want something… but no story designed to challenge, test, or evolve that motivation. So when the character grows disillusioned or wants to walk away, the whole narrative loses its...

It depends on where, since in some cases, I intentionally did it for rhythm and clarity. I also haven't tightened that up to a final draft version yet, since it was just something I wrote quickly a while back to get something across to someone asking me for help all the time. I'm saving that for...

I consider it some of the most essential stuff. I can discuss all sorts of fun things with people on tactics I can provide, but they aren't as practical or valuable without this grounding. They're more midstream and downstream stuff as opposed to upstream. For instance... Regarding antagonists...

Here's a story I once wrote which might help you out... "One Lesson" The boy found him at the edge of a half-collapsed rice field, kneeling in the mud with a rusted hoe in his hands. “You’re the Sword Saint,” the boy said. The man didn’t look up. He kept breaking the earth, row by row. “I’ve...

This was a satisfying pain in the ass to work out. I was so happy that... Well, here's a peek behind the scenes from this week. This is the refinement of everything I've done with character construction. There is much more I can do, but I am positive that these are the 6 things you wish to...

Tackling a bit on creating a series this week! Laying the foundation for so much I wish I had known in the past.

I've been thinking a lot about the common issues I often see with writers and working with so much information. This is my attempt to streamline a strong foundation for everything else. I still have much to do, but this is the thing I'd recommend anybody who wants to write does first, whether...

This involves a little something I've been working on and will be expanding on a great deal. Expansion for each archetype on my site and curious, what audience archetypes do you find you fall into the most?

You aren't crapping on them at all! I enjoy discussion and commentary like this a great deal, actually. I could work through the math based on things, with a breakdown of highest paid and the average on both ends, with what resources I can find, though I'm not sure if I have the time to yet...

I'd argue that is the result of self-indulgence, which I'll discuss far more in next week's episode. Disney Marvel and Disney Star Wars have suffered big time due to self-indulgence, which interferes with resonance since certain things I mention in this video, particularly with what storytelling...

Recent! Based on my IRL appearance, per the usual.

This is one of the various articles I've built on my site, which I wish to bring over here. Introduction In the early 20th century, pulp fiction magazines dominated newsstands, packed with thrilling, fast-paced stories designed to entertain the masses—writers like Robert E. Howard (Conan the...

Understandable there! A part of me wishes I could still do the smaller videos, but I've learned my lesson from how people act and what YouTube wants. No matter though, I've the website for things like that now.

New video out now! I tackle a couple of things that will make sense of several things, including the idea of storytelling rules and how they aren't even frameworks like some people often say. I define what stories are and what storytelling is, tackle the key to success with writing, etc.