Justin Kownacki

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Storytelling

3 Worldbuilding Details Your Fantasy Story Needs (and 3 It Doesn’t)

If your story doesn’t hook your audience early, they won’t keep reading. Here are three assets every good story needs, and three more that make readers (okay, me) quit.

By Justin, 5 yearsFebruary 12, 2018 ago
Sam Heughan as Jamie and Caitriona Balfe as Claire in Outlander
Storytelling

Why Outlander Is the Show America Needs Now

How do the big differences between two of TV’s most talked-about prestige dramas reflect a vast gap in pop culture?

By Justin, 5 yearsDecember 14, 2017 ago
Storytelling

10 Books That Changed the Way I Think

Here are 10 books that shaped my point of view on life, art, and storytelling itself.

By Justin, 5 yearsNovember 16, 2017 ago

Popular Posts

  • • What Makes Game of Thrones So Addictive?
  • • This Storytelling Flaw Ruined the New Star Wars Trilogy
  • • Why Does Every Marvel Movie Tell the Same Story?
  • • Cobra Kai: How to Build Character Through Conflict
  • • How Iron Man Created the Formula for Every Marvel Movie

Latest Posts

  • • Worldbuilding and Exposition: 6 Writing Tips from Dune
  • • Writing a Perfect Scene: Bunk vs. Omar in The Wire
  • • Screenwriting Lessons from ALIENS
  • • The Story Problem at the Heart of the Snyder Cut
  • • WandaVision's Biggest Question Gets Deep
  • • Why The Queen's Gambit Is Such Smart Storytelling

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  • • Marvel
  • • Star Wars

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