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Season 15 Episode 1506
Ummm … I don’t know what to say to introduce this week’s episode. Perhaps I should start with a simple question, ‘What makes a story un-watchable/un-…
10 months ago
The Miracle Club: when the hero is also the villain
Season 15 Episode 1505
THE MIRACLE CLUB is a multiple protagonist, miniplot, story. That means that each protagonist is also an antagonist. Sounds cool, right? But how the …
10 months, 1 week ago
She Said: constant characters
Season 15 Episode 1504
Valerie’s focus on the villain’s monologue in She Said was always going to be risky because we’d have to hear Harvey Weinstein's justification but ju…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Mighty Ducks: weak villains
Season 15 Episode 1503
The antagonist drives the middle of a story, so what happens when the antagonist is a really weak character? Well, if you're a filmmaker and can cast…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Avoid a Page-One Rewrite
Season 15
Melanie and I have both had to do page-one rewrites (actually, I've done TWO!!!), and they're not fun. Not fun at all. We want to keep you from suffe…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
What A-List Authors Know that You Don't
Season 15
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11 months ago
Mission Impossible: simple yet solid
Season 15 Episode 1502
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is a great example of good, straight forward storytelling. Yes, it’s an action movie with big stunts. Yes, you have …
11 months ago
Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3: don't look too closely
Season 15 Episode 1501
It's a brand new season and that means two brand new study topics! In Season 15, I'm studying something called the villain's monologue and Melanie is…
11 months, 1 week ago
Traditional and Indie Publishing Models
Season 14
Authors often ask us for our advice about publishing models and whether traditional is better, or worse, than indie/self publishing. So this week, we…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
What Went Right: Juror #2
Season 14 Episode 1411
If you're writing a quiet, character-driven story — especially if it deals with questions of morality — Juror #2 is a film you must watch. The storyt…
11 months, 3 weeks ago