Letters About Screenwriting
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118 / The Storytelling Stick
Sticks, Twitches, Gifts and Touchstones — let me show you how these simple devices can make your stories rich with meaning.
• 3 minute read
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036 / Things I Know About Visual Storytelling
Sixteen tips to help you improve your filmmaking and comics art.
• 3 minute read
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024 / The Sacred Stage
Are you feeling creatively blocked? You might be thinking about your ideas all wrong.
• 4 minute read
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017 / Practicing Scales
Some practical advice on how filmmakers can build a daily practice habit that improves their craft.
• 6 minute read
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013 / Three Thoughts on Visual Storytelling
On Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse, the nature of juxtaposition and writing screenplay dialogue.
• 4 minute read
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009 / Barbecues On The Titanic
On climate change and how stories create aesthetic emotion to comprehend what’s happening.
• 3 minute read
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005 / The Screenplay Problem
The problem with screenwriting as a creative pursuit, and three ideas to fix it.
• 3 minute read
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002 / Trust The Process
Thoughts on patience and the creative process on months-long projects.
• 2 minute read