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I was agreeing with you; in my earlier post I wrote about how I used it as a writing tool. When I said "I think that although..." I was responding to, and disagreeing with, this statement: Surely since both of those movies are adaptations you're really suggesting that the writers of the...

I would mention the things that you liked, the broad ideas rather technical skill perhaps, and then point him towards some of the resources that you found useful when you were learning. Certain writing guides (Stephen King's On Writing is one I would recommend) and even particular...

There are those characters that live beyond their time: such as comic book characters like Batman, Superman and Spiderman. Also Sherlock and Watson. James Bond. The heroes that can be reshaped to various periods. The remakes, those characters that we love to watch relive similar situations again...

Thanks Mythopoet I just signed up! Looks like a good site.

I've tried it, down to putting up chapters as podcasts read by a friend of mine who has a particularly good reading voice. It was a sci-fi piece which involved the internet in the story and, after editing it and creating all of the glitchy background noises, it really made sense to put it up as...

I think that although it's not necessarily meant to be used as a writing tool, if you feel like you're wading through mud then it can be a useful rope. And it seems to be something that people do naturally when story-telling whether or not you acknowledge it whilst formulating the story...

Thanks for making me feel welcome! Yellow: Not a Full Metal Jacket guy I'm afraid, although I have been on tumblr enough to be aware of what you're talking about and I keep thinking I should start watching it because those GIFs look pretty awesome. My nickname has been my my forum-moniker for...

I used the 'Monomyth' story structure, as described by Joseph Campbell, in order to give some shape and guidance to my NaNoWriMo novel last year. It splits the story into three basic sections: departure, initiation and return. I literally took the circle diagram and made a ton of notes...

Hello! I'm Creative Writing graduate from London, England. I'm tend to write sci-fi but I'll read anything that takes my fancy, although sci-fi crops up more than anything. I enjoy magical realism and works that cross fantasy elements with other genres. I look forward to reading discussions...