I’ve been trying to come up with a better way to rate and review books (or movies or any other story-telling medium for that matter). I’ve come up with a list of things people often want in stories. These are mostly subjective, but they’re things to think about when rating (and writing) a story. To complicate matters a bit, it’s generally OK for a comedic or surreal story to break most of these rules. Continue reading →

Asking how many different types of plots there are is kind of like asking how many different colors there are. There could be trillions or only one depending on how you’re counting. Continue reading →