character development

January 13, 2023

Case Study: Cobra Kai – The Most Focused Show On TV

Craft, Film character development, Cobra Kai, family, karate, Karate Kid, storytelling, television

Cobra Kai is the most focused show on television right now.

December 9, 2022

Review: The Rabbi and the Condemned

Book Reviews Brian Bandell, capital punishment, character development, criminal justice, forgiveness, science fiction

The latest book by author Brian Bandell asks interesting questions about criminal justice, capital punishment, and forgiveness.

June 26, 2022

The Orville Is the Best Sci-Fi On TV Right Now

Film aspirational stories, character development, science fiction, Seth MacFarlane, storytelling

The Orville is hands down one of the best shows on TV right now, and certainly the best science fiction.

October 30, 2021

Book 30: Flowers for Algernon

Book Reviews character development, Daniel Keyes, ethics, experiments, intelligence, science fiction

My favourite book on my list so far! I highly recommend the emotionally compelling Flowers for Algernon.

April 11, 2021

Storytelling: A Study in Opposites Part III – Cobra Kai

Craft character development, Cobra Kai, Daniel LaRusso, Johnny Lawrence, Karate Kid, Miguel Diaz, Robby Keene, Save the Cat!, story structure, storytelling, The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet

In my final post in the “Opposites” series, I discuss how this idea of opposites, or dichotomies, is played out masterfully in the show Cobra Kai.

April 10, 2021

Storytelling: A Study in Opposites Part II

Craft 1984, All Is Lost, character development, Inception, Interstellar, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Midpoint, Minority Report, Save the Cat!, story structure, storytelling, The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet, 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.

March 1, 2019

Book 22: I Am Legend

Book Reviews character development, 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.

December 28, 2018

Book 20: Fahrenheit 451

Book Reviews 1984, Black Mirror, books, Brave New World, character development, happiness, ignorance, knowledge, mechanical hound, Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 is a must-read for any science fiction education.

August 10, 2018

Book 18: Farmer in the Sky

Book Reviews character development, interplanetary immigration, Red Planet, Robert A. Heinlein, Space Cadet, space travel, terraforming

Robert A. Heinlein’s Farmer in the Sky is a compelling story about one boy’s struggle to make it on Ganymede.

April 25, 2018

Aristotle’s Poetics

Craft Aristotle, character development, plot, storytelling, tragedy, writing

Thinking about science fiction got me thinking about storytelling in general. So I went back to the original guide on storytelling, Aristotle’s Poetics.

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