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2016

Humans of New York Week: Out of Character Introsoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2016
Under Constructionoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2016
TV Checklist Updates!original ↗
21 Feb 2016
Storyteller’s Rulebook: The One Great Character Intro Sceneoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2016
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Give Them a Big Hole to Filloriginal ↗
17 Feb 2016
Best of 2015, #1: The Big Short (and the Courage Not to Adapt)original ↗
14 Feb 2016
Rulebook Casefile: Cutting Out the Downhill Side of The Martianoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2016
Rulebook Casefile: Foreshadowing Too Much in The Martianoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2016
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Never Let Anyone Compliment Your Herooriginal ↗
9 Feb 2016
Best of 2015, #2: The Martianoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2016
Best of 2015 #3: Caroloriginal ↗
5 Feb 2016
Best of 2015, #4: Mad Max: Fury Roadoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2016
Best of 2015, #5: Trainwreckoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2016
Best of 2015 Runners-Up: Spotlight, and the Power and Peril of Procedureoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2016
Best of 2015 Runners-Up: Spyoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2016
Best of 2015 Runners-Up: The Revenantoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2016
Rulebook Casefile: Showing Off a Spectrum of Moods in the “Transparent” Pilotoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2016
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Let the Listener Rewrite the Sceneoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2016
Storyteller's Rulebook: Let Words Belie Actions (But Make Sure We Notice)original ↗
17 Jan 2016
Rulebook Casefile: The Masterful Subtext of Transparentoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2016
Straying from the Party Line: Transparent and the New Reality of Streamingoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2016
The Ultimate Pilot Story Checklist: Transparentoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2016
Every Star Wars Postoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2016
The Force Awakens Was Great Until It Wasn’t, Finale: The Remake Problemoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2016
The Force Awakens Was Great Until It Wasn’t, Part 3: Ren and the Old Gangoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2016
The Force Awakens Was Great Until It Wasn’t, Part 2: Reyoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2016
The Force Awakens Was Great Until It Wasn’t, Part 1: Finnoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2016

2015

It's a Christmas Miracle!original ↗
13 Dec 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Should a Monster Ever Meet Its Metaphor?original ↗
11 Dec 2015
Rulebook Casefile: The Progress of the Problem in the Opening of The Babadookoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2015
Straying from the Party Line: The Babadook vs. Genre Expectationsoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2015
Straying from the Party Line: The Selfless and Self-Less Heroine of The Babadookoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Jennifer Kent vs. the Naysayersoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2015
The Ultimate Story Checklist: The Babadookoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2015
New Podcast on TV Concepts is up!original ↗
29 Nov 2015
Updates and Upcomings!original ↗
23 Nov 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Great TV Heroes Should Be Self-Aware, But Not as Much as They Think They Areoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2015
Storyteller's Rulebook: Know and Show the Bad Reasonsoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Strong Metaphors Aren’t 1 to 1original ↗
15 Nov 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Potential Energy in the “Weeds” Pilotoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2015
Straying from the Party Line: The Lack of a POV Character in Weeds (and Why Satire Must be Center-Cut)original ↗
10 Nov 2015
The Ultimate Pilot Story Checklist: Weedsoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Predictable Dialogue in Bridge of Spiesoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Selfless Motivation in Bridge of Spiesoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2015
Rulebook Casefile: The Way the World Worked in Bridge of Spiesoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2015
The Great Horror Movie Polloriginal ↗
30 Oct 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: If you Break a Rule, you Make a Ruleoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Combine the Drama of Dog-Bites-Man With the Comedy of Man-Bites-Dogoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Subtext and Divided Identity in “Blazing Saddles”original ↗
25 Oct 2015
Straying from the Party Line: The All-Powerful All-Confident Hero of “Blazing Saddles”original ↗
23 Oct 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Equal Offense Is a Tame Choiceoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2015
The Ultimate Story Checklist: Blazing Saddlesoriginal ↗
18 Oct 2015
Content is Being Createdoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2015
Cockeyed Recommends: Trumbo on Audiooriginal ↗
8 Oct 2015
Rulebook Casefile: The Effortless Moment of Humanity in the “Scandal” Pilotoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2015
Straying from the Party Line: Overdoing the Ticking Clock in the “Scandal” Pilotoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Hypocrisy Can Build Sympathyoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Use Ironic Set-Up and Pay-Off Dialogueoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Art vs. Entertainment in the “Scandal” Pilotoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Swiftly Differentiating the Ensemble on “Scandal”original ↗
29 Sept 2015
The Ultimate Pilot Story Checklist: Scandaloriginal ↗
27 Sept 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Not All Determination Needs to be Grimoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2015
Straying from the Party Line: Reversing Payoff and Set-Up in The Fugitiveoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2015
Rulebook Casefile: The Impartial Thematic Dilemma in The Fugitiveoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Defying Genre Conventions and Finding an Ironic Final Outcome in The Fugitiveoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2015
Straying From the Party Line: The Not-Quite-Everyman Hero of The Fugitiveoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2015
The Ultimate Story Checklist: The Fugitiveoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2015
Coming Soon...original ↗
9 Sept 2015
Alas, It's the Annual Summer Hiatusoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Add Realism, But Don’t Subtract Unrealismoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Details from Life, from Research, and from Imagination in the Sopranos Pilotoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2015
Straying from the Party Line: Separating Plot and Character Scenes in the Sopranos Pilotoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2015
Rulebook Casefile: The Short-Lived Framing Sequence in the Sopranos Pilotoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2015
Rulebook Casefile: The Masterful Weave of The Sopranos Pilotoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2015
The Ultimate Pilot Checklist: The Sopranosoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Let Them Lose the Threadoriginal ↗
31 May 2015
Rulebook Casefile: An Ironic Corrected Statement of Philosophy in The Fighteroriginal ↗
29 May 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Info-Drip in The Fighteroriginal ↗
27 May 2015
Rulebook Casefile: A Subconscious Ticking Clock in The Fighteroriginal ↗
24 May 2015
Rulebook Casefile: The Ultimate Gutpunch in The Fighteroriginal ↗
22 May 2015
Straying from the Party Line: Micky and Mookie as Passive Heroesoriginal ↗
21 May 2015
Straying from the Party Line: Wrapping Up the Drama a Little Early in The Fighteroriginal ↗
20 May 2015
The Ultimate Story Checklist: The Fighteroriginal ↗
17 May 2015
The Meddler: Adding a Post-Credits Gag to Age of Ultronoriginal ↗
15 May 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Turning Phrases in Age of Ultronoriginal ↗
14 May 2015
What's the Matter with Superheroes, Part 3: The Villain Problemoriginal ↗
13 May 2015
What’s the Matter with Superheroes, Part 2: “This is Not A Good Concept” Cannot Be the Conceptoriginal ↗
12 May 2015
What's the Matter with Superheroes, Part 1:The Klan Problemoriginal ↗
10 May 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Concise Comedy in Modern Familyoriginal ↗
8 May 2015
Straying from the Party Line: Co-Equal Heroes in the Modern Familyoriginal ↗
5 May 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Generating Empathy in Modern Family (as Opposed to Trophy Wife)original ↗
3 May 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Backstory vs. Front Story on Modern Familyoriginal ↗
1 May 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Stay on the Edge of Edgyoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2015
Straying from the Party Line: The Failure to Bring Different Classes Together on Modern Familyoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2015
The Ultimate Pilot Story Checklist: Modern Familyoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2015
Rulebook Casefile: Assembling Gut, Heart, and Head in The 40 Year Old Virginoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2015
Storyteller’s Rulebook: Use Visual Metaphors, Not Verbal Similesoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2015
Rulebook Casefile: The Way the World Works (and Doesn’t) in The 40 Year Virginoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2015
Straying from the Party Line: The Lame Third Act Escalation in The 40 Year Old Virginoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2015
Straying From the Party Line: Gentle Scenework in "The 40 Year Old Virgin"original ↗
15 Apr 2015
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