Big Dumb Objects in Fantasy on Worldbuild with Us, Episode 14
I guest-starred on Worldbuild with Us, a podcast devoted to building a fantasy setting, one episode at a time.
From the Workshop Vampire to the Combative Critic: 10 Workshop Personalities to Avoid in Your Writing Group
These are the people I've seen reappear time and time again in writing workshops, like a recurring cancer.
The History of the Telling Hook: On Writing Science Fiction in Scene
In the vast majority of contemporary genre writing (in the novel form, and particularly in science fiction), writers have a slow rate of revelation, blending world-building factoids scene-to-scene, rather than in front-loading blobs.
Villeneuve’s Arrival Leaves Linguist Heroine with Little to Say in Half-Baked Scifi
Emotionally overwrought and narratively underdeveloped, Arrival echoes Interstellar, despite intriguing premise and breathtaking visuals.
What’s New in the Upside Down: Higher Dimensions in Stranger Things
The Duffer Brothers' new genre flick Stranger Things is bursting at the seams with nostalgia, but for want of new ideas.
Okay Chris Carter, We Need to Talk About the X-Files Season 10 Revival
Some secrets need to remain buried, and the 2012 Mayan apocalypse is one of them. X-Files love runs deep for me, as it does for many fans. Here are my thoughts about the revival.
Hollywood’s Love Affair with Destiny in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Our love of the "eternal return" in Hollywood isn't anything new, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens is no exception to the rule.
Mr. Robot is Cyberpunk for the Masses
Critics praise Mr. Robot for going against the grain, but its textbook conformity to cyberpunk tropes reveals it’s doing anything but: this is cyberpunk for the masses.
Hope and Redemption in Mad Max: Fury Road and Disney’s Tomorrowland
Despite the wildly different approaches to storytelling Mad Max & Tomorrowland take to the apocalypse, I was surprised to find their message is the same.
Interstellar vs. Contact: Questions of Love in Five Dimensions
I struggled to understand why Interstellar didn't strike a "spiritual" chord with me. So I rewatched Contact, which also stars Matthew McConaughey.
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