I have made comics’ storylines both ways- flying by the seat of my pants and meticulously scripting everything. So I feel I’m in a position to say that while both methods are valid and extremely fun, the latter one has one advantage over the former: it can make the ...
How the Dominoes Fall - Tragedy
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 7, 2017Forgiveness
Banes at 12:00AM, April 14, 2016
When independent movies became big in the 1990's, there was the sudden realization that a lot of flaws could be forgiven in visuals, acting, and production value when the story being told was original or compelling. They could still be effective and popular…sometimes with massive numbers of people ...
Quackcast 253 - narrative order and the flashback
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 12, 2016 LISTEN!
Doing stories that start with the climax, then flash back, tell what happened to get there: the old narrative style of switching the first few chapters around to make a more interesting story.
Sometimes it works GREAT because it throws you right into the middle of things and you ...
New experiences!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 20, 2015
Yesterday evening my friend and I donned our prettiest dresses and went to see The Marriage of Figaro. Neither of us had ever been to the opera before, and we weren't the only ones - it was “student night” where they sell cheap tickets to the final dress rehearsal, so ...