A common complaint of many films is that while they are stunning visually, they somehow lack heart. Often it is hard to describe exactly what is missing, let alone come up with the necessary pieces to fill that hole in a story. This is due to the nature of what is missing, i.e. it’s not so much one thing that is missing as it is two.
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Main Characters generally start out a story with everything worked out. Although they may have some deep-seeded problems, as far as they're concerned, everything is hunky-dory. Until of course, that pain-in-the-ass Impact Character comes along and ruins everything!
Welcome to the new and improved site for all things story!
For those who have been here before it might not look like all that much has changed, but trust me, there have been some major improvements. The biggest switch would be the change from WordPress to ExpressionEngine (a far superior Content Management System). In short, ExpressionEngine allows the content provider to serve up whatever they want however they want. This is very exciting for me as I have always had some great ideas about presenting different concepts of story but have always been limited by the system I was using. With ExpressionEngine, there are no limitations…
...except, of course, my time! For the most part the switch-over is complete. There will be some columns that are out of alignment and even some features (tags for one) that will be completely inoperable. This should be resolved by the end of the month.
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