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😁 #314 - You need to watch this
Is it possible to make a recommendation that other people want to immediately act on? Why can it seem hard to be a good ambassador for your favorite things?
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Our weekly-ish newsletter about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters.
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🌡️ #313 - Achieving your (character's) fundraising goals
We're looking at examples of stories about characters who need money now! What makes a good story about a fundraiser?
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📜 #312 - Just my archetype
What do we mean when we say characters fit an archetype? Is it something to avoid, or can writers leverage the stories that came before to create something new?
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🕵️ #311 - You're not paranoid (enough)
What should writers know about depicting surveillance today—or in the future?
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🎃 #310 - The Reason for the (Spooky) Season
Should we pooh-pooh the idea of Spooky Season? Is it better to have a big tent for stories about death, grief, and fear? And yes, Pumpkin Spice plays a role, too.
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🍽️ #309 - Dinner is Served
You don't need a serial killer or a nuclear crisis to force characters to spend time stuck in a room. We're setting the table for dinner party storytelling in this week's Inneresting.
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🤳 #308 - The Bully Pulpit
What makes a bully believable to an audience? What responsibility do writers have to their audience when telling a story about bullying? We have an Inneresting think about this, and more, this week!
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🤳 #307 - Are you someone famous?
What happens to the brain of someone who becomes famous, and how can writers use that to create more believable fictional famous characters?
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😍 #306 - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Crushes, obsessions, insecurities: Inneresting looks at things that pretend to be love in stories.
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📛 #305 - Where do character names come from?
Sometimes writers struggle to name their characters. This week's Inneresting collects some ideas that might make the job easier (from a certain point of view).
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😱 #304 - How smart is too smart (for a character in a horror story)?
Your audience deserves a better class of horror victim. How do we write smarter characters that can still find themselves on the business end of a machete?
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👹 #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.