On Dialogue Rules
Brologue is One
Rivals 2 is Going Strong One Week In (and Other Things)
A quick 8-minute update on…
- KRAGGS TOGETHER STRONG: Pooling player knowledge;
- Reviewing Replays: The joys of VOD review with a friend;
- Rivals 2 Runs on Bazzite…: Or does it?
- Clip Dump: All the rock-chucking chicanery I’ve posted on Mastodon this past week.
Rivals 2 Will Live or Die By Collective Action
A 9 minute read on:
- More Shields, Please, I’m a Platfighter: Rivals 1, but with shields and grabs;
- Don’t Forget – They’re Here Forever (?): Why you were at Scotland’s biggest Rivals 2 tournament last weekend;
- A Rivals Proposal: A summary of things to keep in mind as the game releases
Charlie, Mick, and the Secret Strings
A seven-minute read about…
- ‘Narrative echo effects,’ a concept explored by Charles Baxter in his essay, ‘Rhyming Action;’
- ‘Secret strings,’ a literary analysis technique/game used by Michael Rosen when teaching students/children, which includes looking for what I believe to be narrative echoes;
On Models (In Writing)
- Models: Easy to teach, but don’t mistake the map for the territory…
- Asking the next question: A little tip you might find useful in your next writing endeavour.
There’s Just Me – The Staunisoe Files
Another very (very!) short story written for a creative writing seminar.
Continue readingBlood on the Bus – The Staunisoe Files
First as Plagiarism, Then as Property
A twelve-minute read on:
- Pre-‘ramble’: Blogging about my postgrad because there’s no good reason not to;
- Who was the bad art friend?: The answer – none of them, and at the same time, both of them;
- The article’s impact: When the debate around your work doesn’t go the way you wanted it to;
- Fine distinctions: When it comes to copyright, the house always wins, and by ‘house,’ I mean ‘copyright lawyers.’
On Epistemic Anxiety and Craft
A little 9-minute something about:
- Epistemic anxiety: When you fear that there’s a lot more to how you know what you know… that you don’t know;
- Craft: Expectations of what your stories should contain that your audience will love