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đź‘ą #303 - Sympathy for the Monster
Don't reach for that pitchfork! We're talking about writing sympathetic monsters, and how offending the delicate sensibilities of a community is enough to set off an angry mob.
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Scriptnotes Recap: Ep. 736 - The Devil You Know with Aline Brosh McKenna
In Hollywood, when one of your best friends works on a movie, you're gonna hear about it a lot. You get all the details, from their excitement when it gets the green light, venting through the craziness of production, and surviving the carnival of releasing it out into
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đź‘‹ #302 - Introducing Your Dystopia
What does it feel like to live in a dystopia? What's the street level view of this broken society you're writing a story in? We have examples to talk about in this week's Inneresting.
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Scriptnotes Recap: Ep. 676 - Writing while the World is on Fire with Dennis Palumbo
It's like Hemingway said: "Boys, Shakespeare got there first and better, so relax and start writing."
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Standard Screenplay Format: The Complete Writer’s Guide
The screenplay format is exacting and regimented. It can intimidate new writers and old pros alike because at some point all of your wonderful ideas need to be transformed into sluglines and action lines and dialogue. But, before you start worrying about translating all of your ideas into screenplay format,
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🤯 #301 - Okay, Doomer.
In some stories the future isn't bright, but you gotta wear mirrored shades. We're talking dystopian storytelling and the discomfort of when far-flung futures start to feel all too real.
Character Arcs: The Evolution of Dr. Alan Grant
A character's transformation within a story takes time. It's the accumulation of many moments over time, layering and building on each other. Ideally those moments mesh with other parts of the story already in play. As the character navigates the challenges in front of them, they
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An Inneresting Digest: 2026 Q2
A look into the psyche of our readership, collecting the most popular links from the last three months of Inneresting!
Scriptnotes Recap
Scriptnotes Recap: Ep. 733 - Learning Comedy with Ali Barthwell
Yes yes, Ali Barthwell is insanely funny and has talent bursting out of her eyeballs, but the thing I want to celebrate her for the most is how she's built her career. Living in LA, you always hear stories about the creatives who live in other places. People
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Screenplay Font Guide: What Font Do Scripts Use and Why?
The standard screenplay font is 12-point Courier – or any close variant like Courier Prime, Courier New, or Courier Final Draft. This has been the industry standard since the era of mechanical typewriters, and it remains the rule today for a straightforward reason: Courier is a fixed-pitch font, meaning
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⚠️ #300 - I'm in danger.
For our 300th issue, we're feeling the fear and writing about it anyway. We're looking at examples of the moment a character realizes that they're in trouble.
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Introducing Bronson Watermarker Pro
Bronson Watermarker Pro is not just a new version. It’s a brand-new app focused exclusively on protecting your documents.