Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 42
April 21, 2022
Look Under The Sun
How to find something new there. (And how to make it.)
April 19, 2022
The Momentum Of My Curiosity
I still want to review stuff, it's just making stuff that's taken first priority.
April 17, 2022
Towards A More Nearly Perfect Elevator Pitch
Being able to sum up your own stories succinctly isn't an insult to their complexity. It means you understand what they are really about.
April 16, 2022
Higher Ground
On the disconnect between the highest and most refined forms of spiritual guidance, and the day-to-day suffering people have.
April 15, 2022
Multiplicities
Examining your inner creative voices: "Are you 'one' writer or 'many' writers?"
April 3, 2022
American Psycho
Mary Harron's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's divisive novel amplifies its satirical power without making its protagonist into an antihero.
March 30, 2022
Ring Around The Story, Pt. 2
More Marvel discussion: On entertainments vs. objects of study vs. role models.
March 29, 2022
Ring Around The Story
A few thoughts on "Shang-Chi" and the benefits of efficient story construction.
March 23, 2022
In The Right Spirit
More notes on writing SF&F, as a Buddhist- and Zen-influenced author.
March 21, 2022
A Different 70%
My friend Steven Savage mentioned a book called DIY MFA, whose advice on writing he summed to me as, "Odds are you know 70% of what there is to know, but everyone knows a different 70%." To that end, the goal is to have everyone pool their 70% so they can each fill in their respective missing 30%. That includes the 70% the teacher knows (or whoever passes for the teacher) getting complemented by the 30% that any of the students have to bring.
