So last night I ended up marathoning the first season of the show Barry. For those of you who don’t know this is a show about a hitman who stumbles upon an acting class and decides he wants to become an actor. It’s great dark comedic fun, and it stood out to me because this… Continue reading Barry
So I actually was going back over edits of Samurai Jin (I swear tomorrow I won’t write another editorial!) and I found that the entire story only totaled to about 30,000 words. I was hoping it had been longer. At this length it’s a novella and not quite a novel. Talking to a friend of… Continue reading Samurai Jin
I’m going to take today and the next few days to outline some story ideas I have. While I’ll be jumping back and forth from Defenders, I want to work on my D&D project as well as another story I had about China. As I live in China, I’ve found that this country operates in… Continue reading Projects
I know I’ve been writing these essay-like things lately, but since I finished that first draft of Jin (after 6 years), I’m trying to figure out what to work on next as per my last outlining post. I have an idea which I outlined entirely on the plane today. I also wrote out a lot… Continue reading Outlining (2)
Recently I finished watching the show “Mayoiga The Lost Village” (迷家-マヨイガ). A sort of mix between Persona 4 and Lost. I’d say it was ok if not that great. What stood out to me interestingly enough was it’s approach to character building. In writing it’s best to have fleshed out characters which have a strong… Continue reading Fake three dimensional characters
can·on1 ˈkanən/ -the works of a particular author or artist that are recognized as genuine. Be it Star Wars or Harry Potter we always seem to want to know what is or is not canon. What is “real” and what is not in a world that by definition is already “unreal” or fictional is an odd paradox. Nevertheless,… Continue reading Why Canon Matters
Off The Block 