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đĒ #288 - Not that kind of breakdown
This week's Inneresting wants you to take smaller bites (of your work).
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Our weekly-ish newsletter about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters.
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đ #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.
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đ 2026 Q1 - An Inneresting Digest
A best of compilation of recent links from the Inneresting newsletter, covering writing and topics interesting to writers.
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đ #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
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â¤ī¸â𩹠#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.
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đ° #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.
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đ¨ #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.
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Meeting true evil for the first time
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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đšī¸ #282 - Playing games with your audience
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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A villain's presence without being present
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?