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😖 #287 - This is Cringe
This week's Inneresting gets uncomfortable, talking about embarrassment, and what can make a fictional character's behavior as Cringe as possible.
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How to Make an Awkward First Date (feat. Punch-Drunk Love)
Looking at a sequence from Punch-Drunk Love to find lessons on writing awkward dates for fictional characters.
Resources
How to Write a Montage in a Screenplay
A montage is one of cinema’s most powerful storytelling tools: a rapid sequence of images that compresses time, builds emotion, or shows a character’s transformation. In French, the word montage is used for the position of the Editor. It is that semantically fundamental to the craft of making
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🔝 2026 Q1 - An Inneresting Digest
A best of compilation of recent links from the Inneresting newsletter, covering writing and topics interesting to writers.
Inneresting
📝 #286 - Getting words on the page
A collection of links on ways to break out of the writing doldrums and go back to putting words on the page.
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A Taster's Choice Moment: Inviting Vulnerability in Good Will Hunting
It's emotionally healthy for a character to allow themselves some vulnerability with other people. That doesn't mean every character wants to, and it doesn't guarantee that this is an important goal for every character. If it's important to the character's
Get Ready for the Oscars with the 2025 Weekend Read Awards Collection!
Celebrate the best part of awards season – the FYC screenplays released as part of Oscar campaigns! 2025 was an amazing year for movies, and these screenplays are bound to be influential for generations to come. Our collection includes: * Bugonia by Will Tracy * F1 by Ehren Kruger * Frankenstein by Guillermo del
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❤️🩹 #285 - It's gonna hurt, and that's okay.
What makes a character afraid to open up to those around them? Why do closed-off characters fear vulnerability, and how can a writer challenge that? We look at examples in this week's newsletter.
Highland
Step-by-Step Guide to Highland Fling
Fling is a seamless sharing feature built directly into Highland that enables you to send a short-lived web version of your document to friends, colleagues, or teammates.
Highland
Introducing Highland Fling
Stop emailing PDFs: share your scripts with Highland Fling to collect and collate feedback without ever losing control of your drafts.
Inneresting
🍰 #284 - Layered Narrative Structures
This week's newsletter covers examples of layered storytelling, looking at the how and why of stories that play with the audience's understanding of what they're seeing.
Inneresting
🎨 #283 - Expanding your palette
This week's newsletter features links and examples highlighting how screenwriters can target descriptions of color to create vivid imagery and memorable motifs.