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2013

Announcing: The Ultimate Checklist, Volume 3!original ↗
3 Apr 2013
How to Write Every Day, Epilogue: Be Like Milesoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #179: Be Happy to Start On the Ground Floor (UPDATED)original ↗
31 Mar 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #178: Add A "Holy Crap!" Sceneoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #177: Don’t Mistake Good Feedback for Great Feedbackoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #176: There's No Such Thing As A Bad Noteoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #175: Don't Fight Straw Menoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #174: Not All Villains Are The Heroes Of Their Own Storyoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #173: Know How to Dog Whistleoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2013
Storyteller’s Rulebook #173: Beware of Instant Conflict!original ↗
20 Mar 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #172: Commas Are Deathoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2013
How To Write Every Day, Conclusion: Is Your Goal to Keep Writing or Stop Writing?original ↗
17 Mar 2013
How To Write Every Day, Part 4: Work on Multiple Projectsoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2013
How To Write Every Day, Part 3: Turn on a Dimeoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2013
How To Write Every Day, Part 2: Write it Badly Today So You Can Write It Better Tomorroworiginal ↗
13 Mar 2013
How To Write Every Day, Part 1: Pitches Are Fantasy, Pages Are Realityoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2013
How To Write Every Day, Prologue: It’s Been a Hell of a Monthoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2013
Know More Than You Show, Conclusion: Themeoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2013
Know More Than You Show, Part 2: Plotoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2013
Know More Than You Show, Part 1: Characteroriginal ↗
3 Mar 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #171: It’s Impossible To Learn If You Feel You Shouldn’t Have Tooriginal ↗
28 Feb 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #170: Every Scene Needs Its Own Herooriginal ↗
26 Feb 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #169: Move Up the Timelineoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2013
Best Hollywood Movies of 2012, #1: The Masteroriginal ↗
22 Feb 2013
Best Hollywood Movies of 2012, #2: Lincolnoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2013
Best Hollywood Movies of 2012, #3: Argooriginal ↗
19 Feb 2013
Best Hollywood Movies of 2012, #4: Django Unchainedoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2013
Best Hollywood Movies of 2012, #5: The Campaignoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2013
What’s the Matter with Hollywood (Or Is It Me)?original ↗
13 Feb 2013
Where Was I?original ↗
6 Feb 2013
http://www.secretsofstory.com/2013/01/wise-men-speak-because-they-something.htmloriginal ↗
30 Jan 2013
Now You Can Revise, Conclusion: You’re a Poet But You Don’t Know It.original ↗
27 Jan 2013
Now You Can Revise, Part 6: Use the Final Draft Toolsoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2013
Now You Can Revise, Part 5: Set Up More of Your Pay-Offsoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2013
Now You Can Revise, Part 4: Add More “I Understand You” Momentsoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2013
Happy MLK Dayoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2013
NOW You Can Revise, Step 3: Build a Theme Treeoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2013
NOW You Can Revise, Step 2: Cut Ten More Pages Outoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2013
NOW You Can Revise, Introduction: When It’s Finally Time to Fine Tuneoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #168: Sometimes Sympathy Can Trump Empathyoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2013
Storyteller's Rulebook #167: Don't Make Them Say Itoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2013
The First 15 Minutes Project: Juno McGuff in Junooriginal ↗
11 Jan 2013
The First 15 Minutes Project: Max Fischer in Rushmoreoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2013
The First 15 Minutes Project: Peter Parker in Spider-Manoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2013
The First 15 Minutes Project: Cady Heron in Mean Girlsoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2013
The First 15 Minutes Project: Buffy the Vampire Slayeroriginal ↗
6 Jan 2013
Need a break...original ↗
4 Jan 2013
Rulebook Casefile: Character Motivates, Plot Complicates in Silver Linings Playbookoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2013
What I Wish I’d Heard at Graduation, Two Final Caveatsoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2013
What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Addendum: Every Celebrity Has the Same Personalityoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2013

2012

What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Addendum: Be Amazed By Successoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2012
What I Wish I'd Heard at Graduation, Addendum: Underpromise and Overdeliveroriginal ↗
27 Dec 2012
Post-Holiday Dieting Tip: Won't Someone Think of the Children?original ↗
26 Dec 2012
Wishing You A Cockeyed Christmasoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2012
Last Minutes Gift Tip!original ↗
25 Dec 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #166: The Past is a Foreign Country, So Learn the Languageoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 7: Misconceptions About Toneoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Addendum: Know the Dramatic Questionoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 9: More Fun With Foreshadowingoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 8: Drop One Shoe, Then Waitoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 7: Put A Frame On Itoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 6: …And Evade the Wrong Questionsoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 5: Plant the Right Questions...original ↗
13 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 4: Set the Moodoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 3: Pay Off Two Genre Expectations For Every One You Defyoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 2: Choose a Sub-Genre or Two (But Not Three)original ↗
9 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Step 1: Choose a Genreoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2012
How to Manage Expectations, Prologue: Every Criticism is the Product of an Unmet Expectationoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 9: Misconceptions About Writing Careersoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 8: Misconceptions About Rewritingoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 6: Misconceptions About Themeoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2012
Hey Guysoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 5: Misconceptions About Dialogueoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 4: Misconceptions About Sceneworkoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 3: Misconceptions About Structureoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 2: Misconceptions About Characteroriginal ↗
22 Nov 2012
Losing My Religion, Part 1: Misconceptions About Conceptoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2012
Losing My Religion, Prologue: General Misconceptions About Writingoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2012
The Seven Skills of Screenwriting (and Almost Every Other Kind of Writing)original ↗
18 Nov 2012
First Ever Cockeyed Caravan Reader Survey!original ↗
15 Nov 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #165: Your Hero Can Go From Y to Zoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2012
What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Addendum: Would You Hire You?original ↗
13 Nov 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #164: Ideas are the Enemy of Observationsoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #163: Heroes Should Run Into Unexpected Antagonismoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2012
Books Vs. Movies, Addendum: In Books, Character Can Motivateoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #162: Plot Motivates, Character Complicatesoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #161: Genius Doesn’t Innovate, It Cultivatesoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2012
Quick 21 Days Updateoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2012
Rulebook Casefile: Empathy Lost and Regained on “Breaking Bad”original ↗
4 Nov 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #160: The Hero’s Goals Can’t Be A Mysteryoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #159: The Villain Needs A Solid Motivation Toooriginal ↗
31 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook: #158: The Paradox of Genre Fictionoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #157: People Hate Stufforiginal ↗
28 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #156: Successes and Failures Should Be Ironicoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2012
Rulebook Casefile: Motivation and Sympathy in Talladega Nightsoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2012
How to Write Every Day (In Theory)original ↗
23 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #155: Write About a World You Understandoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #154: Your Career Begins When You Know What Not to Writeoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2012
Books Vs. Movies, Addendum: All Behavior Looks Worse Onscreen, Part 2original ↗
18 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #153: If You've Got a Hard Sell, You Have to Know Your Assetsoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2012
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