Because I do not hope to turn again.
Because I do not hope.
Because I do not hope to turn.
Jan 13, 2024 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
I was watching a modern Netflix TV show last night and I realized that the "good guy" character's signature attribute was an inability to set or enforce healthy limits.
There was once of those scenes where a character is about to give up in self-doubt and everyone else rallies around him to tell him what a great person he is.
Every single example the other characters brought up was an incident in which the "good guy" was a doormat.
Jun 21, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Both Chesterton and Lewis speak to this question in depth, and I think Zelazny and Powers both put it into practice in their fiction.
There are several principles that I think are important for writing "realistic fantasy" or what I call Hard Weird Fiction.
First, something Fantastic should be presented with a maximum of mundane detail. This is the direct opposite of the Lovecraft parody of things being "indescribably hideous".
If you want me to believe in a dragon, show me the texture of its scales. Tell me how it smells.
