Tag: writing

  • Two Years’ Worth of Books!?!

    Two Years’ Worth of Books!?!

    Halloween really is the best time of the year, when even non-geeks dress up and role-play as all manner of spooks. In keeping with last year’s tradition, Dorian and I — along with some pals — attended the Geek Gala put on by the esteemed Charlotte Geeks. I dressed as a pirate. They had a great backdrop…

  • Is Interactive Fiction the Next Storytelling Format?

    Is Interactive Fiction the Next Storytelling Format?

    There’s plenty of buzz about something called transmedia storytelling — stories that exist on multiple platforms, allowing the audience to enter the world whichever way they prefer. This could be through a novel, a movie, a console video game, a board game, short webisodes, web comics, interactive fiction, and so on. As a writer, I…

  • Extrapolating the Future

    In college, I wrote a story called “Sweet Dreams” about a girl who meets her clone. My science fiction and fantasy writing instructor’s major critique: It didn’t seem very futuristic. Other than cloning technology, I hadn’t extrapolated how other technologies might change in the future. A lack of extrapolation isn’t always a problem, of course. In…