styrofoamturkeySep 11"High" and "Low" ArtStories are an art form. I believe that firmly and totally. I believe that the words of a fictional work are akin to the oils of a...
styrofoamturkeySep 23, 2022Canon vs. Continuity vs. LoreCanon. Continuity. Lore. The Three-Headed Monster That Guards the Gate of "What Counts." As a fictional world grows and expands, it's...
styrofoamturkeyFeb 24, 2022The Elasticity of Continuityor How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love UNIT Dating Not long ago, I talked about how I think continuity should be a toolbox, not a...
styrofoamturkeyDec 30, 2021Continuity Should Be a Toolbox, Not a StraightjacketWay back in my first post, I mentioned that I tend to like long stories. It’s not a coincidence that my favorite television series is...
styrofoamturkeyDec 21, 2021Fear and WonderDoctor Who. What is Doctor Who about? For those of us who are fans of the show, it might seem pretty self-evident, but if you stop to...
styrofoamturkeyNov 26, 2021Leaving "Is it any good or not?" BehindI've been taking deep looks at the stories I love for years, decades even. I do it almost by instinct, picking apart the pieces, finding...
styrofoamturkeyNov 18, 2021StoriesI love stories. When I was very young (so young, in fact, that I can't really remember how old I was) my father used to read to me every...