Andrew Ferguson's Blog, page 12

5 Elements of a Great Story

A good story will stimulate the audience emotionally and intellectually; it will thrill them as well as make them think; frighten them as well as make them laugh and it will take them on a journey which is both meaningful and enjoyable. To accomplish this, there's a few key ingredients you just can't do without.

Idea Generators: Are They Any Use?

If you're struggling to come up with an idea for your story, you might be tempted to Google story idea generators to help you out.But do these little miracle makers really deliver the goods?

App Review: Character Story Planner 2

Everyone and their granny seems to have produced an app to help writers draft or plan their stories, most of which I personally don't find very helpful. Nevertheless there are a few diamonds in the rough to be found and today I want to tell you all about another one I recently discovered: Character Story Planner 2 for Android by Ifantasia.

5 Writing Laws I Just Can’t Keep

If the Writing Police ever do raid my house at four in the morning and drag me before the Fiction Judge, I'm pretty sure the list of charges will be a long one and he'll throw the book at me for every one of them. And so, today I'm here to confess my crimes.

Game Review: Toonstruck

So today, I'm going to review an often overlooked gem of the point-and-click adventure genre: Toonstruck (1996).

10 Great Book Reviews

Today I've decided to share a few book reviews I've read from my fellow bloggers over the last few days.

Are You Making The Best Use Of Your Writing Time?

I've recently made a few more changes to my weekly writing schedule which I hope will allow me to make better use of my limited time. While I'm sure your writing schedule won't be exactly the same as mine, I thought I'd tell you about it anyway to provide you with a bit of food for thought.

6 Things I’ve Learned About Writing Fiction

Today I've decided to share a brief selection of some of the lessons I've learned over the years which I think has helped to make me a better writer.

Movie Review: Spider-Man Homecoming

I finally did see Homecoming at the end of 2018 when my wife got me the DVD and it was just the breath of fresh air I needed to make me love Spider-Man again.

6 Terrible Bad Guy Lines From the Big Screen

This is a list of lame lines of dialogue delivered by villains. Lines that were probably meant to sound cool and sinister but failed to produce quite the right effect.