Archive - 101 Things I Learned About Fiction from Film

Just Try to Feel It

Or: Wes Anderson's Asteroid City (2023) unexplained

Jul 30, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

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?

Jul 10, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

April 2023

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

Apr 1, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

February 2023

The Writing Life (important announcements!)

An apology and a treat.

Feb 26, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

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…

Feb 12, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

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

Feb 5, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

January 2023

When should a story start? On film budgets, writing economically, and finding the correct "beginning" with Fresh (2022) and Drive My Car (2021)

Jan 29, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

1. Start Strong

What I learned about memorable openings from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Jan 15, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

0. What I Learned About Fiction, I Learned from Film

Jan 8, 2023 •

J. Marcelo Borromeo

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