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2012

Books Vs. Movies, Addendum: All Behavior Looks Worse Onscreenoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #152: Give Every Hero a Part of Yourselforiginal ↗
12 Oct 2012
Rulebook Casefile: Tintin’s Tiny Motivationoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #151: If They’ve Never Done Anything Like This Before, Bewareoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2012
How to Create a Polarized Ensemble, Conclusion: Partial Polarizationoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2012
How to Create a Polarized Ensemble, Part 3: Maintaining The Ensembleoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2012
How to Create a Polarized Ensemble, Part 2: Two-Way and Four-Way Polarizationoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2012
Creating a Polarized Ensemble, Part 1: The Pros and Cons of Polarizationoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #150: The Hero Should Be Specialoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2012
Another Podcast, The Wire and Dickens, and More Head Heart Gut to Comeoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #149: The Villain’s Plan Should Be Good For the Villainoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #148: Be Like Cable Newsoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #147: A Skewer Is Better Than A Slamoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #146: Every Scene is a Mini-Movieoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #145: Say No Way To Meleeoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #144: Women Shouldn’t Have To Have It Alloriginal ↗
19 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #143: The Difference Between an Action Movie and a Thrilleroriginal ↗
18 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #142: Audiences Don’t Actually Care About Storiesoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2012
Beginning Tomorrow: Truly Terrible Movies Week…original ↗
17 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #141: Write What You Know, But Biggeroriginal ↗
14 Sept 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #140: Give Your Hero Job-Interview Flawsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2012
How To Create A Compelling Character, Addendum: One Quick Shortcut To Finding A Character’s Voiceoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2012
Rulebook Casefile: Un-Racist Writing and Metaphor Families in “The Wire”original ↗
10 Sept 2012
My Podcast Debutoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2012
Rulebook Casefile: Reversible Behavior and Polarized Ensemble in Ghostbustersoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #139: Simplify It (Or They'll Do It For You)original ↗
5 Sept 2012
How To Generate An Idea, Addendum: Regrow It From A Seedoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2012
Cockeyed Caravan Will Return One Week From Todayoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2012
What I've Learned So Far From This Blogoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2012
What I Wish I’d Heard At Graduation, Finale: Knowledge Shrinks, Experience Growsoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2012
What I Wish I’d Heard At Graduation, Part 11: The Better You Get, the Less Intuitive the Work Isoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2012
What I Wish I’d Heard At Graduation, Part 10: Stay Out of Fantasy Camporiginal ↗
11 Jun 2012
What I Wish I’d Heard At Graduation, Part 9: You Can't Pay Your Dues Until After You’ve “Made It”original ↗
10 Jun 2012
What I Wish I’d Heard At Graduation, Part 8: Your Best Connections Are Outside Your Professionoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2012
What I Wish I’d Heard At Graduation, Part 7: Be Ridiculously Professionaloriginal ↗
6 Jun 2012
What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Part 6: Only Worry About the Quality of Your Own Workoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2012
What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Part 5: Be Necessaryoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2012
What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Part 4: Favors Are Serious Businessoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2012
What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Part 3: They Can’t Buy You, They Can Only Buy Your Materialoriginal ↗
31 May 2012
What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Part 2: Stockpile Your Work Until Everyone Is Telling You That You’re Readyoriginal ↗
30 May 2012
What I Wish I'd Heard At Graduation, Part 1: Don’t Confuse Your Goals With Your Strategiesoriginal ↗
29 May 2012
Warning: Upcoming Summer Hiatusoriginal ↗
28 May 2012
What Should’ve Won That Could’ve Won: 1937original ↗
27 May 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #138: People Don’t Speak in Complex Sentencesoriginal ↗
24 May 2012
Common First Draft Notes, Part 3: Dialogue Notesoriginal ↗
23 May 2012
Common First Draft Notes, Part 2: Character Notesoriginal ↗
22 May 2012
Common First Draft Notes, Part 1: General Notesoriginal ↗
21 May 2012
How to Re-Write, Part 7: Allow Your Changes to Snowballoriginal ↗
20 May 2012
How to Re-Write, Part 6: Pair Off Your Problemsoriginal ↗
17 May 2012
How to Re-Write, Part 5: Don’t Paper Over the Problemoriginal ↗
16 May 2012
How to Re-Write, Part 4: It’s Hard to Fill a Hole Without Digging a New Oneoriginal ↗
15 May 2012
How to Re-Write, Part 3: Heed The Notes You Get and the Notes You Don’t Getoriginal ↗
14 May 2012
What Should've Won That Could've Won: 1936original ↗
13 May 2012
How to Re-Write, Part 2: First You Have to Fall Out of Loveoriginal ↗
10 May 2012
How to Re-Write Part 1: Don’t Revise, Re-Write!original ↗
9 May 2012
Seeds of Greatness #2: The Honeymoonersoriginal ↗
8 May 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #137: Entrepreneur + Employee + Artist = You?original ↗
7 May 2012
Seeds of Greatness #1: I Love Lucyoriginal ↗
6 May 2012
What's the Matter With Hollywood, Part 13: Who's Afraid of DVDs?original ↗
3 May 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Conclusion: End With A Twistoriginal ↗
2 May 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 15: Establish the Philosophy And/Or Themeoriginal ↗
1 May 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #136: Burn Through All Your Good Ideasoriginal ↗
1 May 2012
What Should've Won That Could've Won: 1935original ↗
29 Apr 2012
Rulebook Casefile: The Downside of Polarized Protagonists on “Girls”original ↗
26 Apr 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 14: The Heroes Must Have Competitionoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 13: Master the Weaveoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #135: Don't Take The Wrong Lesson From Their Successoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2012
What Should've Won That Could've Won: 1934original ↗
22 Apr 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 12: Polarize Your Ensembleoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 11: Create a Long-Lasting, Irreconcilable Herooriginal ↗
18 Apr 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 10: Identify the Hole in Their Scheduleoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #134: A Bad Movie is Actually Kind of a Big Dealoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 9: Establish a Unique Point of Vieworiginal ↗
15 Apr 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 8: Why TV Loves Cops, Doctors and Lawyersoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #:133 Tough Decisions Must Have Tough Consequencesoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2012
Big Update to the Ultimate Story Checklistoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2012
How to Build a Scene, Addendum: Know What the Audience is Rooting Fororiginal ↗
10 Apr 2012
What Should've Won That Could've Won: 1933original ↗
8 Apr 2012
Rulebook Casefile: Deathwish Fulfillment in The Hunger Gamesoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2012
Rulebook Casefile: Obstacle Vs. Conflict in The Hunger Gamesoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2012
The Big Idea, Addendum: What Urges Are You Satisfying?original ↗
3 Apr 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #132: What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About What We’re Really Talking Aboutoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2012
What Should've Won That Could've Won: 1932original ↗
1 Apr 2012
How to Create a Compelling Character, Addendum: What Are the Rules They Live By?original ↗
29 Mar 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #131: Write Down Your Bad Ideasoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #130: Practice Loving Everybodyoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2012
Deadline, USA!original ↗
26 Mar 2012
What Should've Won That Could've Won: 1931original ↗
25 Mar 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 7: A Long Way To Go And A Short Time To Get Thereoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 6: Spec Pilots Can Go A Little Wildoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 5 Premise Pilot, Center Cut, or In Between?original ↗
20 Mar 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 4: Serialized, Procedural, or In Between?original ↗
19 Mar 2012
What Should've Won (That Could've Won): 1930original ↗
18 Mar 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 3: Network, Cable, or In Between?original ↗
15 Mar 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 2: The First Three Decisionsoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2012
How to Create a TV Show, Part 1: Spec Pilots Are Nuttyoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #129: Comedy Requires Painoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2012
What Should've Won (That Could've Won): 1929original ↗
11 Mar 2012
Storyteller's Rulebook #128: Alienation is Easy, Sincerity is Hardoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2012
Storyteller’s Rulebook #127: Have One Gutpunch Sceneoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2012
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