Storytelling
This Lazy Dialogue Habit Is Making Game of Thrones Funny By Accident
Overusing this soap opera writing trope will turn your story’s drama into comedy.
Overusing this soap opera writing trope will turn your story’s drama into comedy.
How did Steve Harrington become one of the most popular characters on Stranger Things?
From The Sopranos to Westworld, how the 10 of the best TV shows displayed their game-changing brilliance from their very first episodes.
Every “must-see” TV show uses some of these addictive story tricks, but only Game of Thrones combined them all to create a runaway hit.
When I was about 5 or 6, I had a thought that both exhilarated and terrified me. I was riding in the car with my parents, looking out the window, and I thought… How do I know if I’m real? Beyond that… how do I know if “reality” even exists? Read more…
Why some choices can seem so out of character, they leave fans of stories like Scandal and Star Wars feeling betrayed.
Here’s why some media gets called a “guilty pleasure,” and why we need to stop saying that.
Here’s why Captain Flint on Black Sails is one of the best-written characters in this current era of Peak TV.
From Star Wars to Casablanca, some of Hollywood’s best-loved classics were saved in the edit. Here are three ways editing can make or break a film.
From story problems in Blade Runner to the great irony of The Walking Dead, here are my top 10 blog posts that attracted the most readers in 2017.