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Tag Archives: Short Story
Walt Simonson, God of Epics
Apologies for not posting anything recently. I have what appears to be an aggravated nerve in my jaw, and it isn’t making life very pleasant. If the 30 minute bouts of searing pain weren’t enough, there’s also the fact that I’m not eating much and wasn’t getting much sleep. But I’ve been taking some medication [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books Also tagged Apologies, Appointment, Bold Adventure, Bouts, Bum, Characterization, Comic Book, Craftsmanship, Epics, Fantasy Writer, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Mack, Marvel Visionaries, Masterwork, Medication, Melodrama, Nerve, Plot Threads, Preacher, Sails, Sandman, Sleep, Storytelling, Thor, Walt Simonson 1 Comment
Subjectivity
It’s weird to realize that everything we think, everything we believe, is almost purely subjective. Let’s set aside deep-seated, controversial subjects like politics, religion, and The Addams Family VS. Munsters. Let’s just talk about harmless thngs like movies, television, and books. It’s a safe bet that no matter how much you hate a book / [...]
Posted in Blog, Writing Also tagged Addams Family, Award Winner, Book Tv, Comic Fantasy, Controversial Subjects, Exact Issue, Fantasy Writer, Hemmingway, Incredible Hulk, Jungle Tales Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes, Safe Bet, Steinbeck, Subjectivity, Tarzan, Tarzan Lord Of The Apes, Thngs, Trifles, Walt Simonson 3 Comments
On Writing: Keep It Simple
The best advice I can give on writing: Keep it simple. You don’t often hear this. I don’t know why. Maybe because if people knew how easy it was to write a story, they’d stop paying professional novelologist to do it and just do it themselves. Although perhaps easy is the wrong word because novelology [...]
Posted in Blog, Writing Also tagged Arcs, Aspirin, Bad Advice, Character Studies, Cleaning Supplies, Creative Process, Hardest Thing, How To Write Books, Illusion, Indefinable Quality, Lot, Lunch Break, Optimal Time, Outlines, Paper Towels, Personal Experience, Well Meaning, Writing A Novel, Writing Advice 4 Comments
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