Wright’s Writing Corner — Open Active
Latest from an ongoing series of writing tips from L. Jagi Lamplighter:
http://arhyalon.livejournal.com/117379.html
In which is discussed the technique called in medias res of opening a story or scene in the midst of the action.
I am waiting to see what Doctor Who of Gallifrey, Neo, Spock of Vulcan, Scaramouche, the beautiful yet deadly Patricia Savage, and the plucky yet cylindrical robot R2D2 can do to escape the menace of the Helmuth of Boskone, Owlman of Earth Three, Benjacomin Bozart of Viola Siderea, The Phantom of the Opera, the beautiful yet deadly Fah lo Suee and the time-traveling monstrosity known only as The Shrike as they speed down the energy-pavement of the Time Road past the Triassic yet losing distance to the combination of Owlcycles, black limousines, hoverboards, dacoit assassins and spacepirateships hot on their trail of terror. Unfortunately, the chase scene used as an example (1) does not come from a real story and (2) does not mention any of these characters. Too bad. I was waiting for the Doctor to use the umbrella as a satellite dish to contact the mothership of the E.T. before the Men in Black, armed with flashy-things, cornered the big-eyed little creature. I also wanted to see Andre-Louis Moreau use the soccer cleat to defeat “Erik” Edouard LaFosse and his Punjab Lasso while the two men, one masked and the other disguised as a long-nosed opera clown, duel to the death atop the burning and driverless oil tank trunk.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
