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Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp: Foils

March 27, 2024 / character development, foils, Tombstone, Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp

In the past installations of this series, we’ve looked at how Tombstone and Wyatt Earp both offer lessons on plotting, conflict, and antagonists. This week, we’re going to use them

Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp: Antagonists

March 20, 2024 / antagonists, character development, Tombstone, Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp

In previous installments of this series, we’ve compared the narrative structure and use of conflict in Tombstone and Wyatt Earp for plotting lessons we can apply to manuscripts. This week,

Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp: Conflict

March 13, 2024 / conflict, Tombstone, Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp

Last time, we discussed how Tombstone more effectively structures its narrative compared to Wyatt Earp. This week, we’re looking at how the conflict development is also more effective in Tombstone.

Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp: Narrative Structure

March 6, 2024 / narrative structure, Tombstone, Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp

Welcome to my new blog series, where we’re going to spend this month examining writing lessons you can learn from the 90s Westerns Tombstone and Wyatt Earp. Today, we’re going

Introducing Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp

February 28, 2024 / POV, Tombstone, Tombstone versus Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp

Disclaimer: One of my all-time favorite movies is Tombstone (1993), starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, and a bunch of other great actors.

My 2023 in Books

December 31, 2023 / personal, reading

It’s time for what’s become an annual tradition for me–recapping my year in reading! For 2023, I read 50 books. That’s in addition to the 8 manuscripts and 1 journal