Screenplay Techniques

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I'm a fantasy author with a focus on fantasy worldbuilding and a background in screenwriting.

I also have a worldbuilding YouTube channel that's worth giving a gander.

MY BOOKS

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Oct 28, 2020

Outlines and Treatments: Who, What, and How

I’m currently writing my first screenplay in several years. Or, I will be writing said screenplay soon. My producers (one of which is the...

Oct 14, 2020

The Importance of Characters

A few nights ago I finished the last episode of Schitt’s Creek, a show that I loved enough that I used a scene from as my exemplar to...

Mar 9, 2019

Don’t Force or Fight Inspiration

This is not at all the blog post I had planned, which does in fact perfectly coincide with the subject of inspiration. If one is to...

Feb 20, 2019

Chekhov’s Gun is a Double-Edged Sword

I hope you like mixed metaphors, because we have a doozy for you today, revolving around Anton Chekhov and his metaphoric gun. I’ve been...

Jan 18, 2019

Kindle Giveaway Case Study #3 (the half-assed one)

Even though I swore after my second giveaway that it would be my last (here's my first one too), I ended up doing one last December that...

Dec 5, 2018

Take a Day for Your Disappointments

It’s been about 48 hours now since I decided to scrap the launch of book three, which would have been a week from now. The long and the...

Nov 17, 2018

Facebook Ads Case Study Number One – Ad Copy

Ads are a funny thing. As in I don’t look at them at all, yet still somehow expect them to work for me to sell my book. Perhaps it’s just...

Sep 12, 2018

Editing Strategies

With my third book in the bag and just finishing up the first phase of editing, I thought I should probably address this stage in writing...

Aug 29, 2018

First Chapters Checklist

It’s a cliché that you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, but what a lot of authors should keep in mind is that...

May 4, 2018

You Can’t Have a Character Arc Without a Character Flaw

It’s fairly universally understood these days that your protagonist, and probably a few major characters as well, MUST have a character...