Fiction Applied
Hello! Welcome to Fiction Applied. I'm Geoff Cassidy, a reader, writer, and story teller.
Ever since I was a kid, I have always loved stories, and I decided to make this channel devoted to breaking stories down and figuring out what makes them work. I wanted to know how J. K. Rowling made Hogwarts, how I learned more about humanity from East of Eden than all my history classes, and how Orwell and Dostoevsky were able to see and predict what everyone else seemed to miss.
I want to discover why and how fiction stories often offer more truth than anything else.
Some of my favorite writers are J. R. R. Tolkien, Alexandre Dumas, J. K Rowling, Gene Wolfe, John Steinbeck, Haruki Murakami, Kentaro Miura, and Naoki Urasawa.
Favorite TV shows are The Prisoner (1967), True Detective, Gintama, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Pluto.
Top Movies are Millers Crossing, Hail Caesar, Fight Club, Arrival, Summer Wars, Spirited Away, and Interstellar
Why Saitama Is Too Overpowered for His Own Story | One Punch Man
Why John Wick’s First Act Hits So Hard
Are Older Stories Simply Made Better?
The Greatest Viking Adventure You've Never Read | The Long Ships
Re-reading Foundation | Isaac Asimov | Science Fiction
Why You Should Start a Youtube Channel (and Why I Did)
Using Andor to Fix Rogue One | Fan Story Cut | Star Wars
How Sorkin Constructs a Scene
Why Every Story Needs an Antagonist
Double Talk: How Aaron Sorkin Writes Two Conversations at Once
Why It's Strange we Don't have a Rival to Lord of the Rings
Dedra Meera - Andor's Sympathetic Villain
Why Middle Earth Feels so Different | Lord of the Rings
What to Think of Rogue One after Andor | Star Wars
How Andor's Characters Win you over in 60 Seconds
Let the Audience Connect the Pieces | True Detective
WAY OF KINGS REVIEW | Is Sadeas the True Hero? - What to make of Shallan?
Why the Princess Bride is Timeless
Should you Read The Way of Kings? | Stormlight Archive | Brandon Sanderson
In Defense of Marty - True Detective's Fallen Watson
The Brilliance of Bilbo
Why True Detective is so Unsettling
Why We Will Never Get a Faithful Hobbit Adaptation
Theoden - The Greatest Character Arc in Lord of the Rings
Luthen Rael - There's Never Been a Star Wars Character Like this Before
How Jack Sparrow went from Side Kick to Heart of the Franchise
Lord of the Rings - The Importance of Boromir
End of Year Update - My Workflow and Thoughts
WESTWORLD - A Villain's Monologue - Fear and Power
ANDOR SEASON 2 - Predictions and Hopes - Where Can Andor Go from Here?