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Tag Archives: George Lucas
The Debt Women Owe Carrie Fisher
Today Carrie Fisher passed away, and I lost my childhood hero. I rarely blog twice in one day, and I never blog about celebrity deaths, but Carrie’s effect on my life and the lives of countless women needs to be … Continue reading
Posted in News & Events, Random Musings
Tagged carrie fisher, George Lucas, princess leia, Star Wars
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Writing Technique: Star Wars–an Example of How to Break the Rules
Almost any writing rule can be broken, as long as the author 1) earns the right to break it and 2) executes properly. For the past few weeks, we’ve been discussing how to create the suspension of disbelief in readers … Continue reading
Posted in The World of Writing, Writing Believable Make-Believe
Tagged A New Hope, angel, author, Clone Wars, comic books, Elysian Chronicles, Empire Strikes Back, fantasy, George Lucas, guardian angel, Hero’s Journey, horror, John Williams, Luke Skywalker, M. B. Weston, Millennium Falcon, Obi-Wan Kenobi, paranormal, publishing, science fiction, speaker, Star Wars, steampunk, Suspension of disbelief, warfare, writing
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Surround the Unbelievable with the Believable: Using Hybrid Magic & Technology
Making Make-Believe Believable: Surround the unbelievable with the believable by creating technology, weapons, and magic that is a hybrid of something already familiar to the reader. If you are new to this blog, I’ve been writing a series of posts … Continue reading
Posted in The World of Writing, Writing Believable Make-Believe
Tagged angel, author, Avatar, comic books, Dreams of Steam, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, George Lucas, guardian angel, Han Solo, horror, James Cameron, M. B. Weston, Millennium Falcon, paranormal, publishing, science fiction, speaker, Star Wars, steampunk, The Empire Strikes Back, warfare, writing
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Suspending Disbelief: Understanding the Reader’s Reality Filters
Making Make-Believe Believable: Before you can get your reader to suspend his or her disbelief, you must have a good understanding of your target audience’s reality filters. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, most of us … Continue reading
Posted in The World of Writing, Writing Believable Make-Believe
Tagged angel, author, Christmas, comic books, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, George Lucas, guardian angel, horror, M. B. Weston, paranormal, publishing, Santa Claus, science fiction, speaker, Speculative fiction, Star Wars, steampunk, warfare, writing
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