Don't worry--if you are a Poe fan, I'm not here to bash him; just to point out a problem with how the character was drawn so you can avoid it in your own writing.
Poe Dameron is surprisingly one of the most popular characters in the new Star Wars universe and, considering he didn't get a lot of screen time and absolutely no character development, I'm assuming his popularity is due to his fun personality and impressive fighter pilot skills. Personally, I thought the whole movie long that he was a bad guy. And after thinking it over, I think I've figured out why he came across that way.
Don't worry--if you are a Poe fan, I'm not here to bash him; just to point out a problem with how the character was drawn so you can avoid it in your own writing.
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Nobody likes to fail. Most people don't even like to read about failure. But as painful as it is, failure is one of the most powerful tools you can use to develop your protagonist's character and make his story matter.
Recently I've been discovering an element in stories--and particularly movies--that I feel ramps up both the tension and the stakes of the story, and that swings the hero's character arc forward several degrees. It's a small element--it's usually just a few sentences in the story or a short shot in the movie--but it's powerful.
It hit me the most clearly during a rewatch of Iron Man, and since I did a post on Captain America last week, I decided to do an Iron Man post today. And maybe next week I'll do Thor. Because it's Marvel and because I can. The midpoint of a story is often a turning point. While you may not even be aware of what your story's midpoint is, or even that it should be important (I wasn't for much of my writing career), don't decide it's unnecessary fluff and skip on it. There are many purposes of a midpoint but one of the top ones is that it lets your readers know that you, the author, know where this story is going and that you're working hard to get it there--not simply meandering around and having fun in your newly-created story-world. The midpoint is a moment for refocusing the events of the story.
I've been meaning to post a movie review for a while now but just haven't gotten around to it. Ant-Man however got me so excited that I'm more than happy to make it my film review debut. Yes, corny title, geeky movie--but anything but a disappointment.
(Warning: gifs ahead.) Last post I talked about why Christian movies aren't as inspiring as a lot of secular movies are. I promised I would share a few of my favourite Christian movies that I think are inspiring--in fact, more so than a lot of secular movies. So here they are.
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