Category: writing
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Am I a Story Geek?
What’s happening in my appoach to wine is what happened long ago in my approach to stories. I used to drink wine occasionally, and I […]
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Internal and External Conflicts
Stories use two types of conflict: internal and external. Internal conflicts are resolved by something changing inside the character, whereas external conflicts are resolved in the world around outside the character. When these two work together, the result can be dazzling. And when they don’t, the result can be devastating.
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EFF and Sony BMG Reach Preliminary Settlement over Flawed DRM
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced Thursday that it had reached a preliminary settlement with Sony BMG over their controversial CD copy-prevention software.
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Three Things to Make Your Audience Adore You
This is a list of opinions. My top three will be different from yours. But these three are important to me, and they are all […]
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Pigeonholing the Reader with Genre
I’m only an aspiring writer, so that makes me prima facie ignorant of the writing biz. And that’s why one might think me unqualified to […]
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How Not to Run an Online Bookstore
Not directly related to stories, except that it is an engaging one. I’ve been enjoying Paula Berinstein’s story, over at The Writing Show of how […]
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Sony BMG and That Darn DRM
No, not the XCP rootkit debacle. This time it’s MediaMax. But something comes to mind about those who fail to learn from history. Ars Technica reports, as Yogi Berra once said, It’s déjà vu all over again.
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Free Culture
He was speaking of software, not stories. But with DRM and storyline patents now upon us, Lawrence Lessig might as well have been thinking about […]
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Security, DRM, and Sony
On Distributing the Future, an O’Reilly Network podcast, the latest episode, “Security, DRM, and Sony,” is essential listening for podcasters and anyone who listens to CDs or watches DVDs.
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How to Build Up Complexity with Layers of Story
Shallower story arcs introduce or build up elements in deeper story arcs.
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