In case you’re just tuning in, you’ve arrived at the second part of a two-part series. Check out A Twist on a Classic, Part I before you proceed. I wanted to see “Easy A” since watching the first teaser trailer. Not only do I consider Emma Stone to be a fabulous (and underrated) actress, but…
Tag: modes of storytelling
A Twist on a Classic, Part I
I took a fair amount of creative and scriptwriting classes in college; it was in one of those classes that we discussed that it is believed that there are really only about twelve to sixteen ideas for stories in the world — and by combining different ideas with each other is how authors have managed…
The Joy of the Audio Book
I haven’t had much experience with long-distance car trips. I grew up relatively near most of my family, and plane trips made those trips even faster. After a stunningly difficult drive (at least for me) to and from Colorado last year, I decided that car trips just weren’t for me. Unlike Best Friend, I cannot…
“Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood.”
Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Author: Rick Riordan Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publication Date: One per year, 2005-2009 Purchase Price: $5.00-$11.00, depending on which book you’re purchasing Misc. Info.: A series in five parts Movies can be treacherous: they often get me interested in books I probably would never have thought about reading. I…
The Perfect Character’s Flaw
If you’ve been hanging around the blog for almost any amount of time, you realize that characterization is a bit thing with me. A well-written character can make a badly written story bearable, and a terribly written character can make even the most promising story a lump of lameness. So let’s take a simple quiz….