101 Things I Learned About Fiction from Film

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What's My Motivation: Ocean's Eleven (2001), dir. Steven Soderbergh
New format! How important are character motivations? How long can you go without having to reveal them?
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4. Three stages of filmmaking
About my writing process and how I use filmmaking as a metaphor to overcome fears of the blank page and terrible first drafts
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The Writing Life (important announcements!)
An apology and a treat.
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3. Show, don't tell
How strict should we be with the cardinal rule of storytelling? Can stories be all-tell or show-and-tell? Featuring Game of Thrones, Inception (2010…
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BONUS: My 2022 in Film (a video countdown)
Showing love for the movies I enjoyed seeing most last year, from EEAAO to the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre
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2. Start Late
When should a story start? On film budgets, writing economically, and finding the correct "beginning" with Fresh (2022) and Drive My Car (2021)
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1. Start Strong
What I learned about memorable openings from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
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101 Things I Learned About Fiction from Film
101 Things I Learned About Fiction from Film
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