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Case Study: The Mandalorian

May 27, 2020May 21, 2020 / coldhandboyack / 55 Comments

Hi gang! Craig here with you today. Every once in a while I like to pick something apart for the sake of a writing study. I always use film because more people are likely to have seen what I’m discussing. I’ve never done this with a television series before, so we’ll see how it goes … Continue reading Case Study: The Mandalorian

Surprise, it’s a case study

February 22, 2019February 14, 2019 / coldhandboyack / 50 Comments

Hi Gang. Craig here again, breaking rules left and right. I’m surprising my colleagues today, because I’m supposed to pick apart a book cover. We have assignments on Fridays, and I don’t feel like it today. We can learn a lot from covers, but I think that knowledge is finite. We’ve talked before about the … Continue reading Surprise, it’s a case study

Opening in media res

October 11, 2017October 6, 2017 / coldhandboyack / 55 Comments

Hi gang, Craig here again. In my last post, we went over the opening to your book. The nutshell explanation is to take it easy with the volume of characters, make the reader care, and introduce a problem. I wanted to include starting in what's called Media Res, but that's a bigger post. Now here … Continue reading Opening in media res

Let’s Start a New Story

September 18, 2017September 17, 2017 / coldhandboyack / 58 Comments

Let's start a story. In order to get the most out of this, I'm going to assume you already have an outline, or at least an idea of what you hope to accomplish. I'm also going to assume you've gone to the fictional character draft and picked a character or two with some upside. Finally, … Continue reading Let’s Start a New Story

The Writer’s Toolbox

December 26, 2016December 26, 2016 / coldhandboyack / 29 Comments

Craig here again, I know I'm a little bit out of order, but I didn't want us to be dark this week. Today I want to talk about pushing ourselves as writers. My regulars know that I include a personal challenge with everything I write. These can be simple, or complex, but I believe in … Continue reading The Writer’s Toolbox

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