Think about any story you’ve ever told. Chances are, you began by telling us who it was about. Everything else…
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Do not fret Chicken Little, the sky is not falling, or at least it doesn’t have to. Stakes, they can…
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To this day, Disney’s original take on Beauty and the Beast – the 1991 animated classic - easily ranks as one of…
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It’s a note I’ve received many times, “this character is unlikeable. How are we supposed to follow an entire TV…
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Following a decade-long hiatus, the critically acclaimed Samurai Jack has returned to television for a long-awaited fifth and final season -…
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It is the lifeblood of any story. The essence. The heart. Yet it is the one thing I have found…
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I know what you’re thinking. Here comes an overeducated navelgazer with an axe to grind and nothing better to do…
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When asked, “What is television?” Chuck Slocum, Assistant Executive of the Writer’s Guild of America, said, “Television is everything that…
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If you read the trades, if you watch a great documentary like Tales from the Script, you come to appreciate…
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This article first appeared on the Final Draft blog and is re-published here with permission. Writing a story with an ensemble cast…
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