storytelling

  1. Rich.

    Stories are theme machines. You reckon?

    Hmm, theme, there's nothing like it for getting writers all worked up, from the slavish adherents to the dismissive free spirits. One school of thought defines theme like this: It's dangerous for a fiction writer to say something is absolutely true. That's not what theme is at all. A...
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  2. Rich.

    What's it to be, psycho or socio?

    Hi everyone, Almost a year ago an article appeared in Scientific American that picked apart the final season of Games of Thrones – The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of Game of Thrones. And I've been mulling it over ever since. The article contrasts two modes of storytelling –...
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