Posted inLiterary Criticism but, like, Bad
Predicting the Plot of Avatar 2 – Did I?
This is the sequel to [this post]. It should have happened earlier but...turns out I got covid. Like I found out THE day Avatar came out. So I was very salty…
Posted inLiterary Criticism but, like, Bad
Predicting the Plot of Avatar 2
If there's anything you should know about me, it's that I'm a spiteful little thing. If you tell me not to do something, it'll only make me want to do it…
Hajime Is Based (from guest writer Lux)
THEOREM ZERO: The Hajime Pill Why Am I Doing This? Have I Gone Mad? This all started as a joke. I love Hajime. Chase… …doesn’t. I’d send hyperbolic messages about how…
Hajime is a Bad Protagonist, Actually
Danganronpa excels because of its characters. Video games excel because you, dear player, get to be the hero and actively participate in the story, so the protagonist is very important! And…
Literary Lessons from Bad Two Sentence Horror
I’m a strong believer in you can learn and grow as a writer from any sort of creative work, not just books, and especially not just the types of books you want to write. Which is why one of my favorite Twitter accounts is Bad Two Sentence Horror. It’s posts from r/TwoSentenceHorror…that are bad.
I’m going to go over some of the basic building blocks of “good” storytelling…by using various examples of things being done poorly. The shorter a work is, the more critical it is for each part to be done masterfully. It also makes it much easier to analyze! Which is why they’re perfect for a post like this.