Story rules from a master.
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Workshops & Consulting in Norway
April 2012 Master Class in Bergen Norway
#ThinkpieceThursday – The Role of Impulse in Creating Three Dimensional Characters
#ThinkpieceThursday – A character’s Immediate Response is where the character goes first emotionally.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Some books just don’t make good movies, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a prime example.
The Descendants
I found the film predictable, lacking in character development, with a script that continually tells us rather than shows us.
The Artist
Writer-director Michael Hazanavicius is one of the rare filmmaker-artists whose pictures are worth a thousand words.
Hugo
Characters that exist to advance a plot tell us nothing about the human condition.
#WritingAdviceWednesday – Average Is Over
#WritingAdviceWednesday – I’ve distilled everything I know about story analysis into a short eBook.
Literary Tattoos
I believe fiction is a mirror in which see ourselves– that is why “author’s intent” is never as important as “reader’s (or viewer’s) perception”.
Repetition and Reflection
It turns out that just putting in hours and hours at your chosen writing work is not enough; the only way to get better is to make sure you’re devoting those hours to what the researchers call “deliberate practice.”