Ben Cheah, author of the fantastic No Gods Only Daimons [https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Only-Daimons-Covenant-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B071HHFP3M] , reviews Marc MacYoung’s series on writing about fighting [https://steemit.com/books/@cheah/series-review-writing-violence-by-marc-macyoung] . I believe I’ve mentioned the sitenononsenseselfdefense.com [http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/] before. It’s dated, marginally organized, but utterly invaluable in its insights. > Writing Violence 1: Getting Shoti…
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…and not a caricature of what normally think a smart person is (sortof like Colbert used to play a caricature of what liberals *thought* conservative commentators believed, when parodying what they actually did would have been both more honest and funnier). Eric Raymond was encouraged to view a clip of the Big Bang Theory, [and wasn’t impressed](http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7451):> Bleagh. This is supposed to be a show about geniuses? It’s not. It’s a show about a dimwit’s idea of what bright peop…
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…