Tag: inspiration
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Tricks of Trade
I used several literary tricks of the trade to write Project Sidekick. I’m not a conventionally trained writer, but I’ve attempted to copy some of my favorite devices to help tell the story of Phineas Brand and his sidekick. Here are a few of my favorites. Non-linear Narrative: I loved the way Tarantino tells the…
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The Snake
The Snake is our hero’s nickname for his supercar. Here’s a little bit more about it and why it’s so much better than the jet car driven by another superhero. Since 1977, our hero, Phineas Brand has been secretly working with a man named Quinton Reynolds. Quint owns a custom auto shop in Moline, IL…
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Who were the Amalekites and why are they in this novel?
There is a fine line between IP infringement and inspiration. Behaviorists would tell you that no thought can be created from thin air and that every idea comes from stimuli of some sort. Cognitivists would have us believe that thoughts, ideas and creativity comes from the divine complexity of our brains that can conjure content…
The World of Phineas Brand 