Tag Archives: Twenty Palaces

The Aesthetics, Structure, and Themes of Noir Speculative Fiction

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Last week on Twitter, I got into an interesting discussion on whether noir fiction is inimical to science fiction. The original conversation got fairly involved, and while we reached few conclusions (substantive discussions in 140 chars are tough!) the conversation … Continue reading →

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Writing an Episodic Genre Series (part 3 of 3): The Hero’s Emotional Journey

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

NOTE! This is the third installment in a three-part series on writing episodic genre series. This post will focus on using the hero’s emotional arc to link the standalone installments in the episodic series. The previous two posts focused on … Continue reading →

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Writing an Episodic Genre Series (part 2 of 3): Episodic Plots and Pacing

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

NOTE! This is the second in a three-part series on writing episodic genre series. The previous installment discussed the episodic hero, while the third installment (planned for Tuesday) will focus on the hero’s emotional journey. This past Tuesday, I wrote … Continue reading →

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