“Asymmetric threats” is a military term. It is defined as “an unequal balance or when thinking about threats, an unfair advantage to the perpetrator. Phillips, A (2012) provided an excellent overview of what an asymmetric threat is. He described attacks of this nature to be undetectable, and once occurred, impossible ...
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Asymmetric Threats
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 28, 2020QUACKCAST 471 - Fantasy
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Today we're having a chat about fantasy fiction! Mainly books and the fantasy writing that inspired us and that we love! Faves like Tolkien, Fritz Leiber ...
First, This
Banes at 12:00AM, March 19, 2020
I'm not a superfan of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but I read some of them, liked them, and I found a lot of the characters wonderful, and many story elements have stayed with me for many years.
In that series, travelers through the cosmos could run into ...
An Unexpected Pause.
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 16, 2020
At around ten o’clock on Friday morning, I was refreshing my email box for any messages from the boss regarding the status on whether we were required to report to work the following week. There was no word sent from the higher ups that was being trickled down.
Thirty ...
The Garden-path
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 14, 2020
One could say that it is a very trendy thing in writing, be it for movies or for graphic novels, to subvert expectations. Often, unfairly, a plot that subverts expectations is equated with ‘good, quality writing’. Tons of essays and articles have been written to refute this association, including here ...
Etz Chaim He - Inside Jokes
Banes at 12:00AM, March 12, 2020
Webcomics don't need to follow rules.
They are often created by one person and don't need to answer to editors, publishers or money-type-people. They can be made by just you, and can be made for an audience of just a couple friends or relatives…or just for yourself ...
The Challenge of Writing Genius
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 7, 2020
Everyone loves a genius! The character that has the answers, or makes the deductions, or solves the puzzles for the team. The guy (or gal) that will have a gift for noticing what nobody else does, sees the connections that elude everyone else. Even in stories that aren't of ...
Breaking points
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 6, 2020
A breaking point for a character is when they hit their lowest point in the story. It’s purpose is to upset the reader, either making them angry and/or devastated the main character or they’ll be angry/devastated at the main character. Every story, in every genre has ...
Expressing Theme part 2
Banes at 12:00AM, March 5, 2020
So, last week we talked about theme, and how it is generally expressed through the Protagonist in a given story, as they struggle through whatever type of conflict is appropriate to that tale. We had a few common examples of themes:
-Love conquers all
-The strongest or most determined will ...