Posts Tagged ‘fantasy’

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When watching a re-make of any film, one cannot help but compare it to the original. While the original Clash of the Titans was a masterpiece of stop-frame animation and a cult-classic, it was also melodramatic, butchered three myths, combining the tales of Bellerophon and Perseus into a single jumble of mythical Greek goodness.
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As a writer, you hate to bash another writer’s work. You always want to try to find something positive to say about it. In college, when doing peer readings, hyper-critical as I am, I found myself not saying much. One of my favorite professors said “You’ve a great integrity about you when comment…”
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Seems like every fantasy book begins with a youth, who is typically a loner, outsider, or adopted or some other form of pariah. After a troublesome childhood, they tend to be forced out into the world on a whirlwind adventure, where they not only grow up some, but discover a power or ability, as well [...]