When Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for A Visit from the Goon Squad in 2011, it was many readers’ first time hearing her name. Known previously for her 2006 novel The Keep and her earlier, less well-known works Emerald City, The Invisible Circus, and Look at Me, Egan was propelled into well-earned literary stardom
The term ‘epic’ is thrown around a lot these days but, before it was used to describe YouTube videos, skateboarding tricks, and sandwiches, the term originally applied to a particular form of oral poetry. Since then, ‘epic’ has come to be applied to other forms of art: theatre, film, novels, music, television… even video games.
No creative medium can boast as explosive a conception as video games. While the earliest video game was created in 1947, the industry didn’t really get started until Pong burst onto the scene in the 1970s. Since then, it’s been one monumental success after another and, today, video games are a multi-billion-dollar industry, are popular
It’s common knowledge that stories tend to only be as good as their characters. This means, unsurprisingly, that your protagonist needs to be great – they will need to develop as the plot progresses, be engaging and sympathetic (even if they’re not likable), and overcome challenges in a convincing and exciting manner. Writers often focus
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