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Fog and whisky…and airships
The world of A Philosophy of Air For those new to my blog, my name’s Marc and I’m writing a fantasy novel called A Philosophy of Air. A Philosophy of Air is “naturalistic fantasy,” in which a fantastic premise crashes against an otherwise realistic world. Without magic, fantastical creatures, or mysteriously predestined heroes, this tale…
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How to make scenes work harder, part II
For a story to succeed, the individual scenes need to work hard. Here are some tools I use to achieve that goal.
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How to make scenes work harder, part I
For a story to succeed, the individual scenes need to work hard. What does that mean and how can you know whether your scenes are working hard enough?
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Show some spine: the problem with Black Mirror “Bête Noire”
The Black Mirror episode “Bête Noire” has a broken spine. What do I meant by this and how might it have been fixed? Let’s dig in!
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Manifesto for the world famous tour guide
Being a tour guide requires that you assist, entertain, and inform…in that order.