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Expansion Pack: Prequels

September 28, 2022August 25, 2022 / coldhandboyack / 63 Comments

Hi Gang, Craig once more to wrap up this weird series about cautionary tales for writers. You can check out the two previous posts at these links: Canon One Upmanship This one is about something that’s all the rage right now; prequels. You have a cool story, and one of the supporting characters could have … Continue reading Expansion Pack: Prequels

Expansion Pack: One Upmanship

August 15, 2022July 18, 2022 / coldhandboyack / 50 Comments

Hi Gang, Craig with you once more with another Expansion Pack. This one is going to be about One Upmanship. Might seem like a strange topic, but I’m a strange kind of guy. This post came to me first out of the three posts, and was brought to me by a modern friend we’ve all … Continue reading Expansion Pack: One Upmanship

Expansion Pack: Canon

July 18, 2022July 1, 2022 / coldhandboyack / 69 Comments

Hi Gang. Craig with you again today, and I have an idea for three different, but related topics. These are extras to the writing game, so I’m bringing them to you as part of my Expansion Pack posts. We’ll have a post on Canon, One Upmanship, and Prequels. Let’s spin the dial and we land … Continue reading Expansion Pack: Canon

Case Study: Army of the Dead

June 4, 2021May 23, 2021 / coldhandboyack / 54 Comments

Hi gang. Craig with you today. I needed something to post here, and this came to me after watching a specific movie. You all know how I like to study films, then break them down to see if I can learn something. This is a new movie on Netflix, it’s called “Army of the Dead.” … Continue reading Case Study: Army of the Dead

Plants and Payoffs

December 16, 2020December 9, 2020 / coldhandboyack / 47 Comments

Hi Gang. Craig with you once again. Since today isn’t a holiday, I feel no compulsion to make some kind of arbitrary holiday tie in. That can be almost scary. Last night (Writing this days ahead) I spotted a great example of plants and payoffs. This is a frequent topic of writing blogs, but it … Continue reading Plants and Payoffs

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