Comments on: What Star Wars "A New Hope" Can Teach Us About In Medias Res https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 By: BFWilson https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14899 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:18:20 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14899 Reblogged this on Mr. Wilson's Webspace and commented:
Great post on using contemporary SciFi to Teach traditional Greek drama conventions.

]]> By: February Thinky Links! » Jordan McCollum https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14898 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:52:18 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14898 […] Lamb gives a really good example of how to start in medias res. The Editors’ Blog looks at the use of coincidence in fiction, why it’s bad—and […]

]]> By: Laurie https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14897 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:39:12 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14897 Great article!! I really don’t like the “new” Star Wars movies. ugh. You are right, we didn’t need to KNOW all that backstory!! I thought that enough backstory was given through dialogue in the “old” movies.

]]> By: Mind Sieve 1/16/12 « Gloria Oliver https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14896 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:14:47 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14896 […] Kristen Lamb – What “Star Wars: A New Hope” Can Teach Us About In Media Res. Very […]

]]> By: Sharing is Caring: My Weekly Finds | Barbara McDowell's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14895 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:30:12 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14895 […] while you are thriving, hike back and check out Kristen’s What Star Wars “A New Hope” Can Teach Us About In Medias Res.  Great explanation as well as examples of how to […]

]]> By: CF Winn https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14894 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:56:39 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14894 Food for thought. I agree with all of it. Now I’ve got to go back and make sure I’m hitting in medias res correctly. Thanks!

]]> By: Reetta Raitanen (@ReettaRaitanen) https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14893 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:16:01 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14893 I love it when you use Star Wars examples 😀 Great insights to where to start the story and how much time to devote to the Ordinary World.

The prologue with Princess Leia, Darth Vader and droids escaping is a great beginning IMO but being an avid reader of fantasy books, I am used to prologues. That’s another genre beside thrillers and mystery where prologues are common. Most of them aren’t done very well, though, and are redundant.

]]> By: Amanda https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14892 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:10:26 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14892 #1 book that I couldn’t read cuz it dragged was treasure island (unfortunately it was a school book). As for a perfectly done ‘flashback’ filled story with a prologue that blessedly does it perfectly is krestly cole’s “dreams of a dark warrior”. Skillfully written. Definately not her first book.

]]> By: Emmie Mears https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14891 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:51:43 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14891 Mmmm, Star Wars.

Awesome post, Kristen. I’ve been a wee bit fuzzy on what exactly is meant by in media res, and this helped quite a lot to clear up the fuzz.

Also, I have linked back to this post on my blog, after a charming and sexy picture of Darth Vader.

]]> By: Books and Fart-Nuggets « Emmie Mears https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/01/what-star-wars-the-new-hope-can-teach-us-about-in-medias-res/#comment-14890 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:46:32 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=5366#comment-14890 […] of writers get caught up in setting the scene for their novels, but as Ms. Kristen Lamb said in her recent blog post  (oddly referencing Star Wars as well) about the phrase in media res, starting your book by […]

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