Because nothing quite sums up Thanksgiving quite like a story about teenagers in space orbiting around a dead Earth!
Category: Dark Humor
The movie “Falling Down” is about a guy who’s had enough of modern society… and decides to rebel against it in the most misguided way possible.
It’s an excellent example of how you can write a story where the villain is the protagonist.
To do that you need THREE things, so let’s take a look at what they are!
“There’s nothing quite like the sour smell of rotting lamb intestines, leaking bile and blood all over the floor, especially when combined with the forest-fresh scent of Pine Sol.”
“I do not employ anyone I’ve had any sexual relations with.”
“The scent of rotting corpses dances merrily around the walls of The Lilac Collection for Children.”
What do you say to someone when they’re about to eat you alive?
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been working with some awesome viewers to put together a short story/poem anthology based around the theme of: “A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas.”
And now, it’s here!
Are you ready to dig into eight stories that span the spectrum of cute to grimdark, all speculating what the season looks like after the end of the world?
Sometimes when you’re writing a story, your characters can all seem to blend and congeal together. Their opinions, reactions, and personality start to become indistinguishable from each other.
But don’t let that happen! Different characters with different perspectives and attitudes are exactly what make stories great.
If you want to make sure that your characters are coming through strong, clear, and different from each other, then there’s an easy way to test it out: write a conversation between them using dialogue only.
Boring descriptions are boring. When writing a story, it’s important to not only engage your reader with the plot, setting, and characters, but also with the very words on the page.
If you’re not having fun describing something, your reader won’t have fun visualizing it!
You’ve found the secret to eternal youth: peanut butter. Thanks to your reverse peanut butter allergy, consuming the creamy concoction actually makes you more youthful.
The only problem? You’ve been kind of lazy these past 80 years and forgot to eat any. Now you’re old, weak, and can’t open the jar of Skippy.