Part of the How They Do It Series (Monthly Contributor)
I’ve had the good fortune to watch and read a streak of really excellent stories lately and, like any writer worth the ink spilled on their fingers, I’ve been tabulating the elements that make them work so well and cataloging them in my ‘How-Do-I-Insert-This-Technique-Into-My-Own-Writing? file.
This month I am all over Riverdale; the Archie gang rebooted into something a whole lot less sanitized and a whole lot more edgy than the comics ever were. The Riverdale writers employ some superb techniques in this trippy new series. Here’s a quick laundry list of devices to steal—er—admire from the episodes that have aired so far:
