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Friday, July 10, 2015

Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling

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Scripts guidelines help storytelling. First Loony Tunes , now Pixar. The animated world has rules. Perhaps it's related to Walt Dis...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Happy Independence Day

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I hope everybody has a great day. One of my favorite July 4th celebrations was in 1976, the bicentennial. On a lark (or perhaps it was a ...
Friday, July 3, 2015

A Milestone of Sorts

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Today I hit a milestone. I received my 1,000th customer review. Those are reviews where the reader actually wrote at least a few word...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Characters Matter

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Characterization is a crucial aspect of fiction. We know this because it's drilled into us at school, in workshops, and in all the how-...
Monday, June 22, 2015

9 Golden rules for the Road Runner and Coyote

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Chuck Jones created 9 Golden rules for the Road Runner cartoons . These famous rules insured that fans received exactly what they exp...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Looking for a Father's Day gift?

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The best gift is a vacation … and the least expensive vacation is a book. A novel effortlessly transports the reader to another place and t...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

People Love That Story

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Kurt Vonnegut I'm collecting writing tips from famous author's. You can read them here . In this post, I'm adding Kurt Vo...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

FX’s Justified Lives on …

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My favorite television program is Justified .  I don’t lament its demise because I watch TV programs on Netflix or Amazon Prime. I ...