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April 10 2021

Storytelling: A Study in Opposites Part II

Craft, Sci-Fi Writing 1984, Act II, All Is Lost, Blake Snyder, character development, film, first half of Act II, Inception, interstellar, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Midpoint, Minority Report, Save the Cat!, second half of Act II, story structure, storytelling, The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet, Thesis & Antithesis, World War Z

In my second post in this “Opposites” series, I look at more examples of the opposing dynamics in the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet.

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April 4 2021

Storytelling: A Study in Opposites

Craft, Sci-Fi Writing Blake Snyder, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, film, final image, Inception, opening image, opposites, Save the Cat!, story structure, storytelling, The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet

Good story structure boils down to a series of opposites, or dichotomies. One of the most important of these is the opening image and final image in a story.

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March 16 2021

Books 11-20: A Ranking

Book Reviews, Rankings, Sci-Fi Blog 1984, Alfred Bester, Big Brother, censorship, doublethink, dystopia, Espers, Fahrenheit 451, Farmer in the Sky, Foundation, George Orwell, I Robot, Isaac Asimov, justice, mass media, over exposition, penal system, precrime, psychohistory, Ray Bradbury, Red Planet, Robert A. Heinlein, Space Cadet, The Demolished Man, The Martian Chronicles, The Three Laws of Robotics, Thought Police, utopia, worldbuilding

My ranking of books 11-20 on my list. The best and worst might not be what you think.

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February 28 2021

Why I Quit Social Media

Life, Productivity anxiety, Big Tech, Cal Newport, Deep Work, digital minimalism, Facebook, Lewis Howes, School of Greatness, social media, Ted Talk, Twitter

Recently I quit social media and haven’t looked back. In this post I talk about my reasons and aim to reclaim my focus and attention.

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August 28 2020

The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet

Craft film, novel-writing, Save the Cat!, screenwriting, story structure, storytelling, The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet

The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet in the book Save the Cat! is an excellent guide to storytelling and story structure that I highly recommend to anyone interested in writing.

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August 14 2020

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

Feminism Education, Equality, feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft

My initial thoughts on Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminist work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

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May 2 2020

Trouble With Time Management

Productivity time constraints, time management

I might always struggle with time management, and maybe that’s okay.

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April 19 2020

The Sci-Fi Novel Blog Moves To A New Home

Life, Sci-Fi Blog blogging, The Sci-Fi Novel

I’ve moved The Sci-Fi Novel blog to this website, where I’ll continue my journey through the best science fiction of all time.

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August 11 2019

Book 24: The Minority Report

Book Reviews Espers, justice, mutants, Philip K. Dick, precrime, psychic, science fiction, The Demolished Man, timeline

My review of the short story The Minority Report, a must-read sci-fi classic.

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March 1 2019

Book 22: I Am Legend

Book Reviews book reviews, character development, I Am Legend, isolation, Robert Matheson, science fiction, vampires, zombies

Book 22 on My List is a must-read. I Am Legend is the compelling tale of Robert Neville, the last man alive after a vampire/zombie apocalypse.

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