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The dream has some influence on a story I am working on, a dark fantasy. These are the ideas driving the story: Unresolved emotions or obsessions, if left to grow hidden, fester, can rise up and become terrors in our dreams. Young children are susceptible to night terrors, but mostly as they...

When I was a boy I had a recurring dream. I think it started one night during a thunderstorm. Upon the window of my bedroom, shadows would be cast by the branches of our tree when the wind would blow. Lightning exploded outside my window, but in the flash I saw a figure, something unreal...

The Silmarillion is a dreadful read as fiction, but interesting as Tolkien artifacts. It moves along like notes written while searching for the story that became the Lord of the Rings. Don't hit the reader with a history lesson! Trust your reader to be smart enough to piece it together through...

This is a very interesting idea! Equilibrium is essential. How does the city react to what it might perceive as an attack? Interestingly, what would it do if it perceived that a certain segment of the population posed that threat? Climate stability is essential. What happens if outside forces...

I like the space to come to my own understanding of the events, the motivations, the situational factors, and ultimately of the choices made. We live in a world that tends to judge and condemn people based on one choice, one pivotal moment. I have lived for a long time and have done good and...

I didn't mean to say we can't hate the villains, I was trying to point out a difference between being sympathetic - that is, having a feeling of rooting for the villain versus simply understanding their motivation as being something other than "a will to evil". The genius of GOT is close to...

Love In The Time Of Gastroenteritis

I agree about Merman. Here's more He-Man theory for discussion: Grayskull is a skull-faced house and Skeletor is a skull-faced guy. What if that was his house and these jokers stole it? What if the whole premise of He-Man is that He-Man and his pals stole Skeletor's skull house, and all he's...

Greetings fellow scribblers, The writing bug has taken hold of me again! it cannot be denied, the stories swirl in my mind, the characters emerge, and strange places and creatures call to me to unleash them and let them find a way into our world. I find myself seeking the company of fellow...

Protect Shield

I found this ranked list of documentaries on writers, I didn't watch them - but I intend to check them out. All have links to Youtube videos, I make no claims about the rights to share these so use your own judgement. Top 10 Documentaries About Writers | Vivascene Also, check this list...

Maybe we are taking two different ideas from what he is saying because even reading the first few paragraphs of Twilight, though not regarded as a well-written series, does in fact adhere to this. It isn't great, but it is free from fluff - that's what I was talking about. Now, if she spent...

I'd like to challenge that, but will accept the quibble that no books are perfect. ;)

Something Naughty This Way Comes

I'll draw a line between engaging and interesting. Engaging is what a story is if you took away all the dragons and swords and all you had were people. Interesting, I think, comes from ideas: magic systems, alternate realities, the breeding habits of dragons, the industriousness and ingenuity of...