Larry Correia, much like the rest of the puppy crew, has repeatedly said that it’s perfectly OK to have messaging in stories, but that awesome story comes first. He went even further, and stated that art should not be a successful author’s first concern, but instead [http://monsterhunternation.com/2015/06/25/how-authors-get-paid-part-2/]: > My personal philosophy is that all writers need to put GET PAID in their mission statement. All that artistic creative stuff is nice too, but make sure GET…
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I’ve only started this book but so far, I agree with Rod Walker’s review [http://www.rodwalkersf.com/2017/03/06/starship-liberator-by-bv-larson-and-david-vandyke/] . > The main character of the book is Derek Straker, a mechsuiter for the Hundred Worlds in their fight against the alien Hok invaders. A mechsuit is a gigantic robot battlesuit, and Straker’s neural link with the device lets him wield with fearsome efficiency. After fighting in a catastrophic defeat for the Hundred Worlds, Straker r…
I know in the last piece [https://thelastredoubt.com/2017/03/tha-backstory-tha-whole-backstory-and.html] I discussed mostly how backstory is used to establish character, and since thought of a couple more points I wanted to cover. One – backstory also is used to establish setting. This is one of the biggest reasons why the opener of The Incrediblesworks, but Up doesn’t. Where Upstarts as a quiet bit that builds to adventure, the short movie that takes over the opening is used to tell us about t…
Ok. We’ve had a number of posts across Castalia, Google+, etc., recently delving into the necessity of backstory, the modern plague therof, and how it’s hobbled storytelling. Generally speaking, I agree with the position Jeffro has taken, and a lot of people have weighed in with good things to say on the topic. So why dipping my oar in? Because, in my opinion, John Wick (have not yet seen Ch.2) is damn near a “perfect” movie – one of the few I put in that category along with The usual Suspects…
Finished Watching: “Castle in the Sky”, Directed by Hiyao Miyazaki [http://superversivesf.com/2017/03/01/finished-watching-castle-sky-directed-hiyao-miyazaki/] > What an incredible film. Truly incredible. > If anybody hasn’t seen it, and has the remotest interest in adventure films – I mean, like, if you thought “Indiana Jones” was “sort of okay” – watch this movie right now. To me it suffers a bit – mostly because Mark Hamill’s voice in the english dub throws me out of it for some odd reas…