Redux: What Deadliest Catch Teaches About Fiction

Because it's less than two weeks until the launch of Black Hole Sun, I thought it would be fun to revisit some old blog posts.  I've been blogging about writing since 2004ish, and it's interesting–if not embarassing–to read some of the things I wrote before. Today's blog redux is a post about one of my favorite shows (RIP Captain Phil).

The Discovery Channel has a show I'm sure you've seen or heard about, Deadliest Catch. It's a running series about a fleet of real-life crabbers working the...