Narrative expert John Yorke absorbed story structure long before he decided to study it, convincing him that understanding story patterns…
Writer, producer, and director Bert Marcus has an ear for a good story with broad appeal, something he credits both…
Veteran story consultant Christopher Vogler has been immersed in stories for so long, he can spot plot patterns on the…
A Civil War soldier wounded in battle, a prince with a debilitating stammer, and a black female mathematician at NASA…
If you finish a film but no one sees it, do you make any money? That’s a question that producer,…
Well, there are 11 fundamental questions — but we’re only going to tease you with 5 of them in this…
People often imagine subtext like an iceberg: We might see a bit of the story up-front, but there’s a whole…
An action film firing on all cylinders has a rush all its own. But that stems from more than adrenaline—it’s…
Ant-Man and the Wasp adds another memorable adversary to Marvel’s gallery with Ghost, a woman who can phase through solid…
Each story we put on screen is a bit of a con. We’re persuading an audience to steal away from…
