Reading through these stories I wrote years ago, I remember the ideas I had, the inspirations that drove me, and the satisfaction of completing the work. Even just remembering it is some motivation to do it again! No one really likes writing. Having written, though, is where it's at. So keep plowing forward, once you …
The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey
I'm sure you're tired of hearing me talk about this book in all my posts, so you should be glad to know that this is the last post about it! I finished it! And although it was creative, exciting, with well developed characters, interesting ideas and great prose--it also irritated me quite a bit. Along …
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STOP MAKING SCIENTISTS THE VILLAIN PLEASE
I've had it up to my frontal lobe with this bullshit. It is 20 god damn 17, we should not be afraid of knowledge and learning anymore. We should not see a person in pursuit of understanding as an automatic enemy. What is wrong with all of you writers out there? Seriously, what is your problem? …
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Will the undead ever die?
I for one, am quite tired of this genre. Zombies, vampires, ghosts, and so on. They never go away. Even the current book I'm reading, 'The Girl with all the Gifts', turned out to be a zombie story-- although they put a small twist on it. The story is good in spite of the zombies, …
Motivate your characters clearly
All my posts seem to be about 'Girl with all the Gifts' lately... I'm still enjoying it a lot, but there was one character who was really annoying me, because I couldn't understand anything she did. All her choices seemed insane, and it felt almost like she was there just to move the story along. Her …
Jonas David 