I love action/adventure films. Ever since Stars Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark flashed up on the screen 25+years ago, my first love has been the action film. The second Pirates film while fun, still left me wanting more.
Wow. What a mess.
It’s been about a week since I saw “Pirates II: Dead Man’s [...]

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What if all the unlimited possibilities of character and character interaction, infinite themes and every possible decision or action your characters can take could be represented by a single dot?

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I had to upgrade the hard drive on my Tablet PC this morning, and in doing so, came across an old email exchange with Chris Huntley about the nature of the Impact Character and his/her effect on the Main Character.

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Recently, I had lunch with a colleague of mine who had an interesting observation about Disney’s Tarzan. While he and his wife usually agree on the kind of movies they like, they couldn’t come to an agreement about this one. One loved it, while the other hated it.

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The newest Superman movie almost does it. The pieces are there for a full complete story. But like most stories that almost make it, the pieces are there, they’re just not put together in a way that provides an audience with meaning.

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Ever wonder why Keanu Reeves is mostly distancing to a male audience?

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Just received my catalog of classes for the Screenwriting Expo 5 in October. After flipping past all the color photos of the Pixar superstars that I used to know back in my CalArts days, I came across a listing for a Dramatica-specific class taught by the master himself, Chris Huntley. Here’s the blurb [...]

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I discovered a fantastic book about generating story ideas out last night. If you’re like me and suffer from major writer’s block - you can’t figure out what you want or need to write about - then this book might help you out.

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