Our weekly-ish newsletter about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters.
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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.
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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.
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This week's newsletter features links and examples highlighting how screenwriters can target descriptions of color to create vivid imagery and memorable motifs.
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Wrapping up Villaintine's Month, we're looking at what happens when an innocent meets a being of pure evil for the first time.
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A player and a viewer are two entirely different types of audience, right? Of course we're going to say no. You understand how this kind of tease works.
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There's a twist in this Villaintine's Month post: The villain's not who you think it is. And they might not even exist?
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Have you found your story's guiding star? How do you know if you've latched on to something that will keep you writing to the end?
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Villaintine's Month continues with a closer look at Amadeus, and how a villain like Salieri can make an excellent protagonist (without losing the villainy).
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If there's one thing the internet has done for the general public's savviness with entertainment, it's bombard them with clickbait-sized helpings of trope education. But if there are two things, that second one is increasing how much we talk about what we watch, read
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This month we're looking at pairings of heroes and villains that have more chemistry than some romantic couples. What does it mean to be an archnemesis?
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John talks about knowing what medium would best suite the story you're trying to tell.
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Thanks for joining us again for the start of another Inneresting year! Even though a new year is a somewhat arbitrary place to make a fresh start, it's a good time to take stock. What have you been doing? What are you doing? What do you want to