Spoilers for both games. The Last of Us: Part 1 has two endings. Or, it has two contexts for the ending. This has been talked to death, but it’s important for what I have to say, so bear with me. The final sequence takes a classic video game scenario and flips it on its head. … Continue reading The Last of Us: Part II →

The Night Circus is a novel by Erin Morganstern. It's about a lot of things, but mostly, it's about a magical circus. It's a combination of regency romance and modern fairy tale, and it blends these two ideas seamlessly. When I first put it down, the first thing I thought was, I could never write … Continue reading Compassion Versus Pity →

I hear this argument a lot: "Well, if art is only about taste, than are you saying that Movie 43 has as much value as The Godfather?" And... yeah. Yeah, I'd say it does. Now, culturally, no. The Godfather has had a greater impact than Movie 43. That's not disputable. But to say one has … Continue reading A Word on Artistic Merit →

Well, for me they are. I feel like there are two types of writers: idea writers and excecution writers. This is probably self-explanatory, but I'll elaborate anyway. Idea writers are like Mel Brooks, Brandon Sanderson, Stephen King. They pump out ideas at a dozen a minute, just constantly churning out new stuff. The Excecution writers … Continue reading Ideas are hard. →

I've been quarantined for a little over a month now because of Corona, but I've been doing well. I've had time to write, finish up some stories I'd left on the backburner for upwards of a year. I've always identified as a writer, so it's nice to sit down and actually do that. Of course, … Continue reading Quarantine →

Stories are the bones of society. I don't mean that figuratively, that they help guide people in their lives, although that certainly is true. I mean it literally, that society cannot function without stories. Even from the most basic interations, "how's your day going," really simple stuff. Most, if not all, of our interactions eventually … Continue reading Preface →