Daniel runs through the rough plan he keeps in mind when plotting out his work for each week.

Daniel considers the continued influx of adaptations and remakes in media. Is this a new problem? Is it even a problem at all? He discuses the history of adaptations in TV and film and why some adaptations and remakes are hits while so many others fall flat.

An update from Daniel on how his various projects are coming along as of March 2024 and the reveal of his upcoming series, Epilogue.

Daniel provides a series of questions to answer when making characters.

Daniel reviews The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, the first book in its series published in 2013. The Bone Season is an interesting novel combining the dystopian with the supernatural and straddling the line between YA and adult-oriented fiction in some ways while conforming to typical YA conventions in others.

Death is an ever-present facet of life for both real people and fictional characters. Daniel discusses his philosophy for handling character death and gives some examples of stories that do a very good job of killing their characters.

Daniel Radford reviews J.C. McCrae’s urban fantasy web serial, Pact. He examines the many things that the story does very well and also takes a look at a few areas he thinks could have been handled a little differently.

A lot of writers find action scenes to be the hardest to put to paper. Daniel breaks down what makes for a good action scene and discusses the techniques he uses when writing action sequences.

Have you ever wondered why stories with low stakes and high stakes can both be either very exciting or very dull? Daniel has and here he explains his theory on why.

What’s next for Daniel’s writing projects? What’s happening with the Stories Across Borders podcast? He’s happy to tell you!

Daniel shares a different take on how to decide your target audience.

As someone who is primarily an author and poet, it might seem strange that Daniel so frequently discussed stories from TV, movies, games and comics on Stories Across Borders or in his blog and article posts. Here’s an explanation why.

Daniel lists sci-fi comics, books, games and movies he recommends to fans of the genre and those looking to get into it for the first time.

Daniel discusses anti-villains and sympathetic villains. What they are, what they’re not and what benefits or deficits they can bring to a story.

In an era where gritty antiheroes are the norm, Daniel explores if a paragon hero can be as compelling as their edgier counterparts and if there’s still a place for them in modern stories.

What is an antihero and why do we like them so much? Daniel explores both these questions and wonders what the future of storytelling will look like in the face of media’s current saturation with antiheroes.

Daniel shares his thoughts on complaints that stories can be too political, and questions if removing politics from fiction is even possible.

Daniel explores why fiction is so integral to humanity and touches on why he feels the drive to write stories.

Are stories shaped by characters, or are characters shaped by stories? Daniel shares his perspective on this question.

Daniel discusses where his inspiration comes from and where the ideas for the stories shared on his site came from.