We're all aware of the classic tennet for writers and creators of all stories- write what you know in order for the story to be good.
We've explored before what it means to write what you know, and where this rule should be adhered to: at the core ...
Writing More Than You Know
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 13, 2020QUACKCAST 481 - Fun with history?
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Today we're chatting about using historical stuff in your story and knowing how to use it right! Sometimes it's good to change stuff and sometimes ...
Politics in Fiction
Banes at 12:00AM, July 19, 2018There was recently a Provincial Election in the part of Canada where I live, and there's a Federal Election coming up in about a year.
With the brouhaha going on in the world these days about politics and the divisions between many people that are resulting from it, I ...
On boredom and the slip into daydreams
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2018
In my day job, I am occasionally asked to attend events or webinars as part of professional development. Earlier this week I happened to be at one of these activities focussing on the future of artificial intelligence, which you would think would be a riveting topic for discussion. But soon ...
The Character Archetypes (Jungian Archetypes Part 5)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 17, 2017
So we come to the end of this long litany of presentations on Jung’s assorted archetypes that craftsmen of the narrative arts have used since time immemorial to weave their yarns.
And what better way to end with the crowning jewel in every story, from books to movies to ...
Things That Go DUCK in the Night
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 8, 2015
Horror…and the baddies and creepies and long-legged beasties of horror…come in many flavours.
These divisions might be incomplete or somewhat meaningless in a way, but hey, I have to approach it somehow…
Reality Bites: Human Creeps, Scary Animals and Nature
-Serial Killers, Jason, Michael Myers, The Strangers, And ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Contribute to Quackcast#172: "The Marvelous World of Tomorrow"
HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 13, 2014
Special thanks to Gunwallace for this illustration - be sure to check out his comic All Unicorns to Battle Stations!
If you would like to have your art featured in a newspost, send it my way via PQ or email!
For Quackcast 172, ozoneocean and Banes are going to be talking ...
Keeping Up With Thursday hits over the 300 page mark!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 28, 2013
Keeping up with Thursday! has hit over 300 pages!!!!
Itsjustaar had this to say:
Or 303, rather. :)
Keeping up with Thursday has been at Issue 9 and technically is on hiatus and just updates every Thursday of the week, mainly because of some jobs I've undertaken on the side ...