The way we fictionalize death is an extension of our thoughts on death. The attitude of death in our entertainment mediums reflect a snapshot in time of how out society and culture deals with death at that time, and the medium which can bring it to the mass market the fastest are comic books.

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ken Kesey: two authors separated by a great many things including their practicing time periods and political ideologies, nevertheless both centered their defining works of fiction around the folly of American culture and society, Fitzgerald during the jazz age and Kesey during the political movements of the 1960s.

Violence is pervasive in our media. It is glorified in almost all forms of popular culture entertainment, from television shows, movies, novels, and even in music. The rise of comic-book inspired cinema has seen violence portrayed even more in our film industry, adapting a medium in which fists, not words, solving problems are typically the order of the day.

Setting is an important and integral part of any piece of fiction. Setting can determine theme and tone. It can determine the mood of a populace and can instantly frame a story in a reader's mind.

Both Blake and Smith make clear that a society that allows slavery and poverty to occur is a like a man that allows an illness and malady to run through him unchecked: that some illnesses need to be removed, not pitied or mourned afterward.

On January 1, 2034, unless something drastic changes with copyright law, the character of Superman will become a part of the public domain. That’s Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, all that good stuff. The things that were introduced in that first year of the character. Superman is one of the rare characters that, if you read his early appearances, came fully formed: he was as he is, for the most part.

There is a troubling theme at work behind the curtain of perennial favorite Back to the Future. Content Warning: Talk about S.A.

Breaking down "Back to the Future" by Robert Zemeckis to reveal the very weird kink for shaming women hidden just under the surface.

Are there some of us for which criticism is an act of love, and some of us from which criticism is an act of violence upon a thing?

Act One of Sherlock has perfect structure.

Watson is educated on Sherlock's methods.

Unpacking Lacanian Mirror Theory, and how it helps authors SHOW instead of TELL.

Watson makes a choice that will change his life forever.

A small scene that is pivotal to understanding all the scenes around it, Scene 05 of A Study in Pink.

Analyzing the fourth scene of BBCs Sherlock, when Watson first meets Sherlock.

Analyzing the Mike Stamford scene of Sherlock "A Study in Pink" using Conflict, Rule of Threes, and Conciseness.

Analyzing the second scene of Sherlock "A Study in Pink" using Story Circle, Four-Corner Opposition, Rule of Threes, and Conciseness.

Analyzing the first scene of Sherlock "A Study in Pink" using Story Circle, Four-Corner Opposition, Rule of Threes, and Conciseness.

When plotting a narrative, there are three main elements I think on: Character and Conflict we've covered. The third is Conciseness.

In storytelling, there's a balance between being effective and being efficient.