Inneresting
😁 #314 - You need to watch this
Is it possible to make a recommendation that other people want to immediately act on? Why can it seem hard to be a good ambassador for your favorite things?
🍽️ #309 - Dinner is Served
You don't need a serial killer or a nuclear crisis to force characters to spend time stuck in a room. We're setting the table for dinner party storytelling in this week's Inneresting.
Why you make them fight back
A writer can't insert a bully getting their comeuppance into a story and expect the audience to immediately cheer for the underdog. When does fighting back help satisfy a larger character goal, and when does it cause more complications to overcome?
🤳 #308 - The Bully Pulpit
What makes a bully believable to an audience? What responsibility do writers have to their audience when telling a story about bullying? We have an Inneresting think about this, and more, this week!
Scriptnotes Recap: Ep. 743 - Thinking on Your Feet with Ryan Condal
What inspires me most about Ryan Condal’s path to showrunning? Well, he really put in the work. And now, he’s at the helm of one of the most successful franchises ever: the Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon. While Ryan was trying to break into the
🤳 #307 - Are you someone famous?
What happens to the brain of someone who becomes famous, and how can writers use that to create more believable fictional famous characters?
Character Power Dynamics: Strong opinions vs. facts
Is there a wrong way to eat an Oreo cookie? Is there a specific order of operations for cleaning your bathroom? Why do some characters demand others agree with their opinions as if they were objective facts?
😍 #306 - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Crushes, obsessions, insecurities: Inneresting looks at things that pretend to be love in stories.
Scriptnotes Recap: Ep. 738 - Building Your Audience with Courtney Kemp
Courtney Kemp has the life, man. She created Power, one of TV's biggest franchises that solidified her as one of the industry's premiere showrunners. She co-created and ran Nemesis as part of her overall deal with Netflix, and now has a newer, shinier overall deal
📛 #305 - Where do character names come from?
Sometimes writers struggle to name their characters. This week's Inneresting collects some ideas that might make the job easier (from a certain point of view).
Make good (monster fighting) choices, feat. Attack the Block
Looking for an example of characters surviving horrific monsters through making good choices? Attack the Block offers up an example.
😱 #304 - How smart is too smart (for a character in a horror story)?
Your audience deserves a better class of horror victim. How do we write smarter characters that can still find themselves on the business end of a machete?
Scriptnotes Recap: Ep. 739 - The One with David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley likes a courtroom. Who can blame him? He went to law school, his first writing job was on LA Law, and he created (among twenty other legendary TV series) The Practice, Boston Legal, Harry's Law, Presumed Innocent, The Lincoln Lawyer, and Ally McBeal. Even when