I was a bit skeptical of an essay on storytelling in the middle of this anthology of swords and sorcery stories that is just cooking along. But as usual with Return of the Sword, I was in for a surprise. Knight strikes a mentor's tone, but leavens it with a ton of humor. My wife was giving me annoyed looks I was chuckling so much during the reading.
The best thing is that the humor highlights an excellent perspective on writing fiction, and the writer's life. I read an embarrassing amount of process books. Knight echoes and distills a great deal of advice I've read in other sources, while laying out the basic building blocks of storytelling in a clear, concise manner. It's an excellent essay, and I can't wait to discuss it and use the ideas there for our discussions at SFReader.
"Dump truck of despair..." what a hoot!
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AH, excellent comments, Bryan! I am very glad you found Knight's article fitting, both in content and in placement.
I was thrilled when he agreed to clean up and amplify this original post from his blog, as I thought it absolutely a natural fit for this anthology of heroic stories.
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