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A diatribe about plot structure and the way it is formulated
If you have taken undergraduate classes in writing and story structure, then you’ve probably been told that all stories have conflict. This is an idea that is taught as foundational theory in almost every English language narrative writing classroom. In all likelihood, you’ll also have been taught about the Three Act Structure (Act 1: Exposition,…
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“How do you handle theme in your writing?”
Someone once said that it’s important for writers to know their answer to that question, so I’m taking that as an opportunity to think over my own. Often, I’ll recognise that I have writing habits without actually knowing why I do things the way I do. I know that my work does handle theme—I just…
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All at once, and only once: a migrant, media graduate & science enthusiast’s take on a movie like no other
(Major spoiler warning for the entire movie) “immigrant stories are ghost stories are multiverse stories and in multiverse stories all of your ghosts inhabit your body simultaneously…” — everythingeverywhereallatonce Migration is always a traumatic quantum branching. It’s something we’ve always known, though not necessarily in those words. We palpably feel ourselves torn from one universe…
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Life is a train station
So, you have this great, big train station. When you first arrive through its gates, you know you’re in for a lot of waiting. And very few people, I think, would spend the entire wait staring at the clock. If the conditions are right, or if you’re the sort to do so, you may strike…
