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📺 #267 - Are you quite comfortable?

Comfort viewing wasn't invented during COVID lockdown, but since that moment it's become a larger talking point. What makes a comfort watch, and how do we talk about it? Kathryn VanArendonk looks at the relationship between prestige TV and comfort TV, pointing out how the latter

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Hoisted by their own petard

Make the antagonist’s greatest strength the cause of their downfall Sometimes brute force isn’t enough – there’s no way to train longer, punch harder, or science faster. The hero faces an opponent who feels too strong to overcome. Is there a way to make the antagonist’s power

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🤹 #266 - What if you want to do more than write?

How many hyphens do you want in your title? We look at when actors write and writers act.

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↔️ #265 - It could have happened that way

Let's take a look at some real events that made it to the screen more than once.

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Free Highland Pro Licenses for Students and Educators

Anyone who is currently enrolled in, or teaching, writing courses is now able to access a Free One-Year Highland Pro License!

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Conclave's Ending: Treating a Twist as a Revelation

A well-executed twist leaves an audience feeling like a story makes more sense now that they know this new information. We'll unpack how Conclave's ending doesn't upend the story, but fulfills the promise of its premise.

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🐶 #264 - Who's a good boy?

Forget saving the cat. Show the reader your hero's inner dog.

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🔌 Inneresting #263 - Who's got the power?

With scenes and sequences in a story, who has the power? Who's in control? And what will it take to change the character in the driver's seat?

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🧬 Inneresting #262 - Human After All

or: How I Learned to Stop Trying to Turn Off the Feelings Marvin Gaye said, "Great artists suffer for the people." The First Noble Truth of the Buddha is The Truth of the Existence of Suffering. There are enough popular examples of the tortured artist stereotype to fill

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Highland 2 vs Highland Pro: what changed, what stayed the same, and where to get it

Highland 2 has evolved into Highland Pro. It's the next generation of the app, now on Mac, iPad, and iPhone with one subscription and a 30-day free trial.

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🪭 Inneresting #261 - Do you know your audience?

How can a story show it has a strong, personal understanding of its audience? Should a story start from there, or find its way?

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🗣️ Inneresting #260 - How long do we need to talk about this?

Sometimes we use science to talk about craft, like when a study about conversations can teach something about dialogue.