11 Writing Quotes You Should Take Notice Of (Part 2)
6) A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order ~ Jean-Luc Godard Non-linear storytelling is a difficult technique to pull off and it varies greatly. From Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol which starts at an event and the rolls forward in flashback, to the insanely structured […]
11 Writing Quotes You Should Take Notice Of (Part 1)
By the time any writer becomes successful, they’ve typically gathered a war chest worth of things not to do. If one is doing it right, you’re writing, reading, listening, and learning a ton of how to and not to write. Let’s see what lessons successful writers have learned. 1) Don’t tell me the moon […]
Writing Morally Gray Characters (Part 2)
Politics Is A Dirty Gray “Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.” So states novelist Will Shetterly. Many movies and TV series about politics shows the absolute compromising nature of politics. Gray characters abound as they try to get their agendas passed or […]
Writing Morally Gray Characters (Part 1)
When you speak of gray in life, you’re normally talking about a mainly colorless tapestry. But morally gray characters, those considered not good nor bad, neither heroes not villains, are some of the more complex characters you can write. Even more interesting, is a psychological phenomenon that allows our audiences to embrace and even love […]
Gordon Ramsey, Lessons For Writers
Gordon Ramsey, Lessons For Writers Sebastians Restaurant, S1E3 La Parra Restaurant, S4 E4 (UK) Stay in your lane. (Unless you train, actors aren’t chefs.) Don’t be over-confident. Be humble. Don’t deny your flaws. Fix them. Keep it SIMPLE! (Photos, complex menu) Don’t lie to yourself. Don’t overlook the obvious (wood burning ovens not being used.) […]
