Story & Structure
The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
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The Great Paradox of Creativity
When my college creative writing teacher asked me about my sloppy essay, I explained myself in clear terms: “I am…
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[Video]: David O Russell on Silver Linings Playbook
David O Russell (The Fighter, I Heart Huckabees, Three Kings) sits down with his editor Jay Cassidy to discuss how…
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Writing the High ROI Screenplay (Part 1)
This week we kick off the first in a twelve part series of JT Velikovsky's doctoral thesis: “Understanding And Exploring…
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[Video]: Sucker Punch’s Hidden Subversiveness
It's still puzzling why Zack Snyder's pop-culture pastiche film Sucker Punch bombed out. Many critics felt that it alienated its…
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Being Ruthless
Writers are nice, normal people, right? We don’t sit around devilishly plotting against others in real life. We don’t plan…
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Get a “God’s-Eye View” of Your Story
I know what you’re thinking and the answer is no, I don’t get a kickback from Microsoft! I just happen…