by Ben Wolf | Mar 11, 2019 | Editing, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing
The goal of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is to write 50,000 words in one month. I wrote double that in roughly the same amount of time. Over the course of 34 days, I wrote 105k words and wrote an epic fantasy novel from start to finish. 30k of those words...
by Ben Wolf | Jun 14, 2018 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing
Late last night I started a conversation with a friend of mine who also writes speculative fiction–specifically, he writes Christian spec fic. I used to classify myself and my writing using similar vernacular, but I have since changed my approach. My friend...
by Ben Wolf | Feb 29, 2016 | Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Writing
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by Ben Wolf | Sep 3, 2015 | Editing, Movies, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling
On September 1st, 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road came out on BluRay/DVD. The only reason I didn’t camp out at Target to get a copy when the doors opened was because I forgot until 9pm that night. And also because I don’t like getting up early. As I watched Fury...
by Ben Wolf | Feb 5, 2015 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Writing
A friend of mine recently posted 5 issues he had with hiring an editor to help him hone his writing in response to this admittedly sardonic post by my good friend and colleague Avily Jerome. His concerns are valid, but rooted in what I would consider either faulty...
by Ben Wolf | Jan 26, 2015 | Money, Movies, Speculative Fiction, Strategery
Do you know who Luc Besson is? If not, you should. He’s the mind behind great films like Leon: The Professional, Taken, and The Fifth Element. Unfortunately, everything I’ve seen from him recently has been utter garbage. In the last few months I’ve...