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more about #davidjwilliams more comments → Debatable.Spaces: I love, and am chilled, by S.J. Edwards story about Albert Speer. I've seen Robert McKee live, in one of his London seminars, and his charisma takes ... more » PhilipPalmer: I agree with David Williams about the screenwriter's dictum, of get into the scene late and leave it early. Too much information can drown the drama! ... more » Janglesatwest: Sometimes I start my writing because I have an idea for a cool moment where even I want to be jumping in my chair. Once I write it down I start workin... more » Rasselas: Cannell's is good advice: "What's the bad guy up to?" more » Iis4island: I'm new to this site and I'd like to say that I really enjoy these posts about writing. Thank you. more » UberJumper: Woot! David helped write the story for Homeworld. He's credited as Dave "The Smoking Dog" Williams. Ruskay did the sound and helped with a lot of the ... more » tetracycloide: this does look exactly like a video-game cut scene... from a decade or two ago when video-games still had FMVs. more » goldfarb: I really love the idea of a 'trailer' for a book...why the hell not? I mean, better than this one obviously, but a 15 second motion-graphicy-animation... more » dsmeek36: the video looks really cool, however, i'm kinda curious what "more human than human" means. does that mean she more fucked up than the average person... more » bendandflex: is it legal to kill people if you declare war on them first mom more » SinisterBill prints in color on both sides: I am the astro-creep, demolition style hell American freak, yeah... more » Andrew Liptak: Really nice art! more » Daveinva: All cool, but looking through that site, it seems the author is completely ignorant of 21st century demographics. By 2100, there won't be many Russian... more » redspidey: I can't help but be distracted by the horrible angle the elevator is in with that first image. I don't think there's any way that thing could lean li... more » Grey_Area: His first book The Mirrored Heavens was okay. It felt a lot like a video game, for good or bad reasons. Makes sense, Williams has written for games. ... more » -
#freeadvice
How Do You Bridge The Gap Between Two Cool Moments In Your Novel?
What do you do when your novel has a cool moment, followed by another cool moment... but something kinda boring has to happen in between? Your characters have to travel somewhere or make something. How do top authors handle this? More » -
#exclusive
A Lovely Cyborg Ponders Her Existence, In A Book Trailer That Looks Like A Video-Game Cut Scene
Former video-game programmer David J. Williams' novel, The Burning Skies, comes out soon, and his Homeworld collaborator Paul Ruskay crafted this haunting book trailer. A lovely cyborg ponders whether she's inhuman... or more than human. -
#spaceart
This Space Elevator Is The Terrorists' Next Target
Author David J. Williams has premiered some amazing art from his upcoming future-thriller book The Burning Skies on his blog, including this fantastic Phoenix Space Elevator. Click through to see a gorgeous space station. More »
