Cinematic Believability

This is an argument that I’ve made several times, and I was surprised, as I went through my blog history, that I haven’t posted it before. Essentially, there are two ways to make fiction believable: realism and plausibility. Many people confuse these, but they are quite different: realism means that the story generally conforms to …

Temporary Leave of Absence

Well, it’s been a busy year so far. I’ve already made almost as many posts this year as all of last year, and we’re not even half-way done yet. However, I’m afraid I’ll be leaving for a while. I don’t know if anything momentous is going to happen, but don’t expect any new posts from …