One evening last week I was home alone (sort of) and was mourning the loss of Alan Rickman, so I watched “Die Hard”. Even though I had seen the film many times, I learned a valuable lesson about writing about action heroes from the film that I want to share with everyone. This episode isContinue reading “New Podcast Up: Dying Hard for Your Hero”
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3 Writing Lessons From Marvel’s “Daredevil”
If you haven’t binge watched the living daylights out of Marvel’s “Daredevil” over on Netflix, then this post may get a little spoilery. I will begin with this warning, because I’m going to discuss a few aspects of the series that could spoil it for those who haven’t watched the series yet. For that IContinue reading “3 Writing Lessons From Marvel’s “Daredevil””
A Question About Samwise Gamgee…and Tolkien’s Answer
Over at Noel Campbell’s blog, he has posited an interesting question about Samwise Gamgee from Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The question was quite good, and caused me to peruse Tolkien’s letters for the answer. The question is this: Who would history say destroyed the ring if Samwise had told the story? To quote Mr. Campbell:Continue reading “A Question About Samwise Gamgee…and Tolkien’s Answer”
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