http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/128481 Nostos was OED’s word of the day today, and when I looked at its definition, it hit me that this is the perfect word to apply to very long-form stories, such as TV miniseries and multi-volume works that have a long, overall narrative arc as well as a short arc for each volume. These Read More…
Day: June 30, 2016
Quiet Cheer
Very, very, very tentative cheer….the ship is moving through the harbor. This early, things can go wrong easily; there’s not much momentum, and if the Plot Daemon is right, the Number Two engine is still not contributing. Thin morning fog is just lifting from the water trailing wisps, requiring a sharp lookout to spot the Read More…