Questions 577: Rapid Scene Changes
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “Are there any techniques to make rapid scene/POV changes work?” Resources Mentioned: The Grammar of the Edit by Christopher Owen
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “Are there any techniques to make rapid scene/POV changes work?” Resources Mentioned: The Grammar of the Edit by Christopher Owen
Subscribe Here! Sarah asks: “Is NaNoWriMo a good way to practice getting out of your own way, or a spectacular waste of time? ” Resources Mentioned: Every Day Novelist: Episode 1
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “Are there writing techniques that create the hyper-realism and immediacy that shaky-cam does in film?” This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit Resources Mentioned James Bond series by Ian Flemming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Flemming The Diamond Smugglers by Ian Flemming
Subscribe Here! Jeanne asks: “What about a medical apocalypse? Either as the cause or effect of the collapse of civilization?” Resources Mentioned 1491 by Charles C. Mann Earth Abides by George Stewart The Stand by Stephen King The Walking Dead (TV and comic series) Resident Evil film series I Am Legend by Richard …
Subscribe Here! Simon asks: “Dr. Who uses time travel as an excuse for other stories, rather than a focus. What other stories bait-and-switch the audience like this?” Resources Mentioned Q. 561: Space Opera Voyagers! TV series Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek IV: The …
Subscribe Here! Chris asks: “How should I approach an epic about an ordinary person?”
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “What social phenomena drive interest in disaster fiction?” Resources Mentioned Titanic Poseiden Adventure Towering Inferno Resident Evil 28 Days Later The Blob Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Subscribe Here! Ian asks: “I have a private eye novella that’s trying to turn into an immense crime soap opera. How do I shape the material?” Resources Mentioned Questions 540: Serials In Disguise And Then She Was Gone by J. Daniel Sawyer The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson Babylon 5 The …
Subscribe Here! Simon asks: “What are the genre rules for space opera?” Resources Mentioned: The Ring Cycle by Wagner The Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles King Lear by Shakespeare I, Claudius by Robert Graves, and miniseries The Foundation by Isaac Asimov The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson The Mistress by Danielle Steele …
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “How would an intelligence without a body differ from a human character, and how would a lack of a body affect a character’s perspective?” Resources Mentioned: The Mystery of Consciousness by John Searle Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett The Republic by Plato Minority Report and Other …