Storytelling
Harry Potter’s Surprise Ending
The way the series ends is a crucial aspect of its theme.
Storytelling
5 Reasons NOT to Listen to Your Audience
If you write, speak or perform for a living, you need an audience. Without one, you don’t get paid. (Hell, online, you still don’t get paid even with one. But I digress…) Your audience is one way to validate your success as a communicator. But your audience is also a Read more…
Armchair Sociology
Do You Want Them to Remember You Tomorrow?
When I was in art school, we had one English class. Our instructor wasn’t used to teaching art students, and she was confused by our habit of rewatching the same movies over and over again. “I don’t get why anybody would watch the same movie twice,” she told us. For Read more…