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March 30, 2011March 30, 2011 - Uncategorized

“Is Your Villain Appropriate?”—Examining Character Construction in Different Media

Every Monday, I read Mark Rosewater’s weekly column “Making Magic,” partly because I have a casual interest in the collectible…

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February 13, 2010April 30, 2011 - Uncategorized

Innovation in Art

What is innovation in art? This is something I’ve circled in my other posts, for example: “Notes on Twee, part…

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January 27, 2010April 30, 2011 - Uncategorized

Uncover Your Tracks: A Preliminary Critique of James Wood’s How Fiction Works

Shya posted something two days ago about James Wood’s How Fiction Works, in which Wood advocates the use of “free…

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