Cinematic genre fiction, dark mythmaking, and narrative experiments from the creator of the "Shadowdance" dark action fantasy saga—stories of power, consequence, and justice for the bad guys.
Author Mark Wooden drops writing tips he’s picked up during his years at work.
Writing a vampire story — or any story, really — is rewriting and knowing when to throw things away. Almost as important is knowing when to reach back into that trash can and save that pearl you accidentally threw out with the shells.
My action urban fantasy book is out now! In eBook format, anyway. I made a video on how to buy and review said action urban fantasy book. Like to hear it hear it go!
My action/ urban fantasy series wasn’t always a novel. It began life as a comic book! Get a quick hit as to how it developed and the things literally lost in translation.
Music sets the mood for all movies and TV shows. But can you also use music for your writing? In this episode, we’ll first look at how music can set the mood. Then we’ll figure out how we writers can use music to do the same in our screenplays and novels.
Writer Mark Wooden discusses four New Jack Techniques director Mario Van Peebles uses in his movie New Jack City. He’ll then show you how to use these techniques to become a writer with something to say above the generic story. A New Jack Writer, if you will.
Cancel culture! That bane of all creatives! In this, my tenth episode (insert fanfare), I’ll explain how to offend, humor, and educate an audience so you can maintain the moral high ground above the cancel culture pitchforks! Tying into Black History Month, I’ll use Melvin van Peebles’s Watermelon Man and Mel Brooks’s Blazing Saddles, co-written […]
Writer tips? I got ’em. I mean, that’s why you came back, right? To learn how a writer thinks? Well, let’s get to it!
Want to know how a writer thinks? Inside the writer’s mind is a scary place, but I’ll take you there! I’ll use the first chapter of a fanfiction set in the world of Conan the Barbarian to show why writers make the choices they make. This should also help you get all creative on your […]
Die Hard is an f-ing Christmas movie. It’s all right there in the title. But in case you weren’t already sure of that, writer Mark Wooden is here to make the case using three elements that all Christmas movies have — even the ones involving lone cops, terrorist thieves, and Twinkies.
For today’s how-to writer commentary, I’ll discuss using the Batcave or any setting to enhance the mood and develop character. Kinda like the title says.
