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Zero Dark Thirty: women in war zones
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May 01, 2024 |
Moonstruck: writing female characters
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Apr 24, 2024 |
What do agents do?
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Apr 20, 2024 |
Our Best Advice: left-brained stories
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Apr 17, 2024 |
The Sixth Sense: the art of the gotcha ending
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Apr 10, 2024 |
Breakout Books v. Words on a Page
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Apr 06, 2024 |
How to Write a Breakout Book
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Apr 03, 2024 |
The Last of Sheila: soooo good
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Apr 03, 2024 |
How do stories work?
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Apr 01, 2024 |
Gosford Park: did he deserve it?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
One Line Writing Secret You Need to Know
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Mar 26, 2024 |
Our Most Embarrassing Literary Moments
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Mar 23, 2024 |
A Most Wanted Man: why now?
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Mar 20, 2024 |
THIS is how your novel gets noticed!
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Mar 18, 2024 |
The Good Liar: surprise v twist
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Mar 13, 2024 |
See How They Run: wasted potential
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Mar 06, 2024 |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: when did Smiley know?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
The Game: why endings are important
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Feb 21, 2024 |
The Dry: an introduction to outback noir
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Feb 14, 2024 |
Crooked House: left-brained stories
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Feb 07, 2024 |
Character Lessons from an Actor
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Feb 05, 2024 |
Our Best Advice: conflict + cast design
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Jan 31, 2024 |
The Lost Daughter: fisticuffs
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Jan 24, 2024 |
Lady Bird: writing female protagonists
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Jan 17, 2024 |
Love, Simon: how (not) to arc a character
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Jan 10, 2024 |
Sex and the City: great world building, but meh
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Jan 03, 2024 |
The Gentlemen: conflict and a detour
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Dec 27, 2023 |
Little Women: why we do (or don't) love it
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Dec 20, 2023 |
No Way Out: conflict triangles
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Dec 13, 2023 |
The Full Monty: writing comedic characters
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Dec 06, 2023 |
The Woman King: when storylines compete
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Nov 29, 2023 |
August Osage County: one for your repertoire
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Nov 22, 2023 |
Best Advice: character development + worldbuilding
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Nov 15, 2023 |
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain: externalize the internal
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Nov 08, 2023 |
Pretty Woman: a masterclass in the fundamentals
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Nov 01, 2023 |
Nanowrimo: how to win
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Oct 31, 2023 |
Don't Worry Darling: where did it go wrong?
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Oct 29, 2023 |
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas: writing historical fiction
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Oct 25, 2023 |
Big: writing comedic characters
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Oct 18, 2023 |
Everything Everywhere All At Once: was there a script?
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Oct 11, 2023 |
Fatal Attraction: who's the villain?
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Oct 04, 2023 |
District 9: worldbuilding 101
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Sep 27, 2023 |
Bridget Jones's Diary: why we love her
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Sep 20, 2023 |
Story 101: Poetic Device
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Sep 18, 2023 |
Can You Ever Forgive Me: what's hiding under your bed?
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Sep 13, 2023 |
Ray: a product of his environment
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Sep 06, 2023 |
Death on the Nile: the moustache mystery (archive)
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Aug 30, 2023 |
Skyfall: m is for mother? (archive)
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Aug 23, 2023 |
The Water Horse: keep subplots at bay (archive)
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Aug 16, 2023 |
West Side Story: innovative or cliche? (archive episode)
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Aug 09, 2023 |
Wanted: AI Prompt Engineer
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Aug 07, 2023 |
Alec Sokolow: the hero's journey
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Aug 02, 2023 |
Our Best Advice: empathy + stakes
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Jul 26, 2023 |
Operation Mincemeat: truth is stranger than fiction
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Jul 19, 2023 |
WALL-E: the basics, mastered
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Jul 12, 2023 |
Manchester by the Sea: I'm not crying, you're crying
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Jul 05, 2023 |
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande: do you empathize?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
The Hate U Give: delete the first 28 minutes
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Jun 21, 2023 |
Is AI good or bad for writers?
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Jun 16, 2023 |
As Good As It Gets: creating unlikable characters
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Jun 14, 2023 |
The Wife: sublime storytelling
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Jun 07, 2023 |
The Godfather: empathy for a mafia don?
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May 31, 2023 |
Story 101: Quibbling Over Semantics
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May 26, 2023 |
10 Things I Hate About You: what not to do
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May 24, 2023 |
The King's Speech: try this trick
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May 17, 2023 |
Our Best Advice: story form + resonance
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May 10, 2023 |
Gatsby: who's the protagonist?
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May 03, 2023 |
When Harry Met Sally: quasi antiplot huh?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
Star Wars Ep7: the face plant
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Apr 19, 2023 |
Wayne's World: party on, story nerds!
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Apr 12, 2023 |
Aliens: writing a series
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Apr 05, 2023 |
Nashville: writing multiple POVs
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Mar 29, 2023 |
The Shape of Water: kooky and clever
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Mar 22, 2023 |
The Accidental Tourist: oh, so this is miniplot!
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Mar 15, 2023 |
Lego Batman: holy product placement, batman
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Mar 08, 2023 |
Men in Black: invasion lit is a thing?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
Story 101: Read Like a Writer
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Feb 26, 2023 |
Best Advice: middles + subtext
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Feb 22, 2023 |
The Devil Wears Prada: simply solid storytelling
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Feb 15, 2023 |
Story 101 : start your story right
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Feb 14, 2023 |
Four Weddings and a Funeral: saggy middles?
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Feb 08, 2023 |
Announcing Story 101!
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Feb 05, 2023 |
La La Land: novelists make this mistake too
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Feb 01, 2023 |
Groundhog Day: groundhog day groundhog day
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Jan 25, 2023 |
Skyfall: m is for mother?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
Back to the Future: plot holes, schmot holes
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Jan 11, 2023 |
Storm Boy: hugh jackman v. the pelicans
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Jan 04, 2023 |
Whiplash: why the villain has a point
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Dec 28, 2022 |
Coraline: a horror story?
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Dec 21, 2022 |
Home Alone: wanna bend the rules?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
Our Best Advice: beginnings/endings + sequences
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Dec 07, 2022 |
Lost in Translation: wtaf?
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Nov 30, 2022 |
Toy Story: soooooo good, but why?
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Nov 23, 2022 |
The Water Horse: keep subplots at bay
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Nov 16, 2022 |
Guardians of the Galaxy: great script or great music?
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Nov 09, 2022 |
Good Will Hunting: miniplots and subplots
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Nov 02, 2022 |
The Blair Witch Project: power of the imagination
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Oct 26, 2022 |
Sliding Doors: innovation or gimmick?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
Sense and Sensibility: ship your work
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Oct 12, 2022 |
The Bourne Identity: build tension, raise stakes
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Oct 05, 2022 |
Tootsie: finally, sequences!
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Sep 28, 2022 |
Our Best Advice: hero's gift + antagonism
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Sep 21, 2022 |
Wild: stories need conflict
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Sep 14, 2022 |
A Few Good Men: this is how you handle exposition
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Sep 07, 2022 |
Booksmart: an unfortunate train wreck
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Aug 31, 2022 |
Death on the Nile: the moustache mystery
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Aug 24, 2022 |
Promising Young Woman: when society is the villain
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Aug 17, 2022 |
The Matrix: give your story away
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Aug 10, 2022 |
Captain Marvel: the alter ego is key
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Aug 03, 2022 |
The Invisible Man: thriller or horror?
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Jul 27, 2022 |
Bend It Like Beckham
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Jul 20, 2022 |
Legally Blonde
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Jul 13, 2022 |
Genres: best advice for authors
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Jul 06, 2022 |
Dune: spectacle v. story
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Jun 29, 2022 |
The Power of the Dog: the epitome of a blended genre story
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Jun 22, 2022 |
Rogue One: worldbuilding 101
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Jun 15, 2022 |
Knives Out: mastering the whodunnit
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Jun 08, 2022 |
Being the Ricardos: masterful writing, but does it work?
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Jun 01, 2022 |
Turning Red: home run, or swing and miss?
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May 25, 2022 |
The Courier: when is a spy story not a spy story?
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May 18, 2022 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: what the heck is the genre?
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May 11, 2022 |
West Side Story: innovative or cliché?
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May 04, 2022 |
Late Night: a story is about one thing
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Apr 27, 2022 |
Calling All Story Nerds!
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Apr 01, 2022 |