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  • A Response to “Do Spoilers Ruin Stories?”

    I recently began following a Youtuber known as Super Eyepatch Wolf. Despite what the name may suggest, his videos are often deep analyses of stories or story elements (particularly in anime). He’s deep, he’s logical, he’s well-spoken, and he’s even got an Irish accent. Hook, line, and sinker. He posted a video about spoilers that…

  • What Makes a Strong Female Character?

    I am not the end-all, be-all authority on writing. I’d say I’m pretty dang far away from being that. Heck, I have yet to publish anything. But I do know stories, and I do know characters I enjoy. Characters I remember. Characters I even look up to. This post is the beginning of a discussion.…

  • Discipline: The Necessary Evil of Writing

    Update : Added image. Updated formatting to current blog standards. Couldn’t get the review I was working on done in time this week, so unfortunately, this’ll need to be a quickie. I think I, along with all other writers, start with this false idea of what a career in writing will entail. We have this…

  • What is an Antihero?

    Update : Extra History was once a game development/writing-centric YouTube channel known as Extra Credits. My understanding of the change, while limited, is that the primary content creators and writers left the channel some time ago. While the content of their more recent videos has come under fire from some circles, their old Extra Credits…

  • The English Language Needs a Bigger Dictionary

    Update : Corrected minor grammatical errors. Updated formatting to current blog standards. We need more words in English. This probably seems like a stupid thing to argue for when the Oxford Dictionary says that the English language has something like 250,000 words as it is, but bear with me a moment. The fact is that…

  • Good is Good or Good is Bad?

    Update : Added relevant photos. Updated formatting to current blog standards. Relatable is the holy word when it comes to making good characters. A good character is always relatable in some way. There should always be something about the character that we get. We get why Batman seeks to keep criminals (who were the death…

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