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I found this ranked list of documentaries on writers, I didn't watch them - but I intend to check them out. All have links to Youtube videos, I make no claims about the rights to share these so use your own judgement. Top 10 Documentaries About Writers | Vivascene Also, check this list...

Maybe we are taking two different ideas from what he is saying because even reading the first few paragraphs of Twilight, though not regarded as a well-written series, does in fact adhere to this. It isn't great, but it is free from fluff - that's what I was talking about. Now, if she spent...

I'd like to challenge that, but will accept the quibble that no books are perfect. ;)

Something Naughty This Way Comes

I'll draw a line between engaging and interesting. Engaging is what a story is if you took away all the dragons and swords and all you had were people. Interesting, I think, comes from ideas: magic systems, alternate realities, the breeding habits of dragons, the industriousness and ingenuity of...

Fascinating stuff

The Pretty Good Gatsby

Another source I like to go to are author interviews by Big Think: I couldn't find a Big Think writing playlist in my minute of searching, but here's a Youtube search string that returns a quite a good list of interviews with writers about writing: big think writing - YouTube

One of my favorite shows of interviews with authors, the Canadian show Prisoners of Gravity. I used to watch this in my teens, amazing list of people interviewed: Neil Gaiman, Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, Ursula LeGuin, Alan Moore, Clive Barker, etc... Every episode has a theme: Immortality...

It occurred to me that the sons of high status matriarchs, if they are kept from field labor (and therefore not suited for it by lack of exposure to it, being "soft"), may be sent to work in the houses of other favored matriarchs when they reach a "certain" age. Being in proximity with the...

Thanks for the heads-up on Orcs. I'd like to read it for some inspiration on orc-culture. I have a story idea I've been toying with, gangs of orcs and other races trying to survive in the Dark City after the fall of the Dark Lord. They go from being the favored race among the non-humans to...

The Telltale Pancreas

The Keg of Amontillado

For Whom the Bell Rings