A Very Predicable Post

I don’t think storytelling should be viewed as a contest between the writer and the audience.  By that, I mean I don’t think it’s my job as a writer to try to outsmart you, and I don’t think it’s your job as a reader to try to figure out what I’m doing.  The whole notion that I should be one step ahead of the audience is often contrary to good storytelling, and if the only point of a story is to surprise the audience, then it rarely works beyond that initial surprise.  More importantly, it sets up a strange competitive dynamic between the storyteller and the audience, and that is so often terrible because storytelling is a shared experience.  It relies on the storyteller and the audience to be working together, not as opponents.

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Forget Krypton

I don’t care about origins.  For some characters, origins are important, but for many, they aren’t.

One of the reasons I’m not interested in the new Superman movie is that I couldn’t give a damn about Krypton.  I don’t need to spend much time there, and I actually prefer not doing so.  I like Krypton unvisited.  If you think about it, there’s really no reason to spend time Krypton.  Superman grew up on Earth.  He looks human.  He’s immersed in Earth culture.  He is pretty much a human being with incredible power.  Krypton is just an excuse for how he can fly and have heat vision.  Krypton’s destruction is just an excuse to avoid having a thousand Supermen running around the universe.

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A Digression on Superhero Chick Flicks

Q&A Friday is here once again, and while I’m a little late posting this, this is still technically Friday, so the universe has not fallen completely out of disorder just yet.  Another day pushing back against the forces of chaos, right?  Sure, we’re all destined one day to be swallowed up by a vast and indifferent universe, but at least for today, I’m going to chalk this up to a win.

 

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Labeled

When it comes to labels, I far prefer inclusive ones versus exclusive.  This is why I prefer to think of myself as a fantasy / sci fi writer more than anything else.  Anything more specific both sticks me in a smaller box, but also limits what I’m trying to do.  I certainly don’t mind the labels in the broadest sense.  I write Fantasy.  I write with Humor.  I write about Weird Stuff.  The problem comes when these labels start carrying broader connotations.

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