I'm about to post an article on my blog about the utility of violence in a story. What is the point of it in a story? What is considered "good" or functional violence and what is considered "bad" or gratuitous violence? My opinion is that violence serves the same purpose as dialog: ideas are...
Here's the start of one I recently begun. It's only a short way in, so if you wish to read more, goto opuspath.com and check it out.
Note, warning, whatever: Contains language.
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It was a medium sized city, somewhere in a place he'd never heard of.
Ian had once seen a cartoon with a man...