Clarity vs. Confusion
The Golden Age of magazine science fiction offered us some great stories, but also some very confusing ones, which got me thinking about our different styles of writing.
The Golden Age of magazine science fiction offered us some great stories, but also some very confusing ones, which got me thinking about our different styles of 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.
I think the best science fiction stories are jarring. They wake us up and show us to ourselves.
It’s been an intense journey, with many hills and valleys, but the past five years of writing my novel have brought some hard-won lessons.
Stephen King’s On Writing is a must-read for everyone interested in setting pen to paper!
Steven Pressfield, a fantastic author, has some great insight into the 10,000 hours rule.
Let’s talk a little bit about what I like to call the Mad Scientist Plot Line or Narrative Arc. I outlined this particular series of events in my post on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
I’m writing a sci-fi novel, so it was brought to my attention that if I really wanted to blog, I should blog about my favourite subject: science fiction!