There's a common saying in writing classes--one of the first you will ever hear--that goes like this: stories require conflict. If you don't have a conflict, you don't have a story. This is good advice most of the time, because characters who go through their whole story with nothing but smooth sailing are boring as… Continue reading Stories With No Conflict
Category: Books
Criticize What You Love
I spend a lot of time criticizing things. You may have noticed, since I'm basically writing a blog where the entire point is to be critical (and snarky, but that's not really on purpose). When I find something that I really like, my first instinct, after I've finished dancing around being thrilled with it, is… Continue reading Criticize What You Love
Psychopaths in Fiction
I've covered a lot of topics over the past couple weeks, what with this post-every-day nonsense (whose idea was this again? Oh yeah, mine), but we still haven't touched on my very favorite subject: villains. I love villains. They are the most interesting part of any story, in my personal opinion, and a story with… Continue reading Psychopaths in Fiction
Movies You Didn’t Know Were Adaptations
When I was writing Friday's post, I started to notice a trend in the movies I was pointing out: more than half of them were based on classic works. The more I thought about it, the more examples I was able to come up with, which lead me to this post. Here are a few… Continue reading Movies You Didn’t Know Were Adaptations
Anthropomorphized Animals
Fucking Redwall, man. What the hell is up with that book. <--that is basically the entire point of this post. You can just stop reading now if you're busy or whatever, because this is basically the point I am making. But if you want the long-winded, detailed analysis, read on, because anthropomorthized animals...I have feelings… Continue reading Anthropomorphized Animals
M.M. Jordahl 