Mark Davidson. The Writer.

Over the past several months, I’ve been working with management on “the relationship”. Note the quotes. Assume that the reason the quotes are there is because –well — it’s a work in progress.

Think of your favorite movie. Got it? Now go to Google and type in “plot hole YOURMOVIE”. Wow, huh? The movie you thought was perfect has plot holes. Say it ain’t so!
Not all movies have plot holes, but most do. The ones that don’t tend to be more quiet and personal. Movies that are more [...]

Two entries this week.
The first is on the technicalities of using flashbacks and how writing without an outline can sometimes be a tad painful.
The second is about the importance of understanding the genre you’re reading.
I’m going to move to more frequent updates that are shorter in length.
M A R K

I know a lot about horror movies. A freaky-lot — and not as much as a lot of people I know. I’m not particularly proud of it. It just is. Part of is a life-long love —  part of it is work. It wasn’t something I was trying to develop. It just developed.
I do not know [...]

I don’t know who originally said that, but I find myself considering it as I work on my current project. For those of you who smugly assumed “that was Peter Gruber” — nope, don’t think so.
My problem is that I need to use flashbacks to show some history for how three different characters interacted in the past.
There [...]