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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0ca87-c0df-7254-bf94-0aa94ad1883b", "title": "New Episode of \"A Good Story Well Told\" on Beloved!", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/07/new-episode-of-good-story-well-told-on_24.html", "published_at": "2025-07-24T14:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1592-7053-8e92-b4a12d608b88", "title": "New Episode of \"A Good Story Well Told\" on the Kill Bill Movies!", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/07/new-episode-of-good-story-well-told-on.html", "published_at": "2025-07-10T18:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1592-7053-8e92-b4a12e537100", "title": "New Episode of \"A Good Story Well Told\" on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/06/new-episode-of-good-story-well-told-on_26.html", "published_at": "2025-06-26T16:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1592-7053-8e92-b4a12f4a0d9b", "title": "37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 35: Much Ado About Nothing", "url": 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Never Let Me Go!", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/06/new-episode-of-good-story-well-told-on.html", "published_at": "2025-06-12T21:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df32638385d7", "title": "37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 31: The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/06/37-days-of-shakespeare-day-31-two.html", "published_at": "2025-06-09T21:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df3263d10edb", "title": "New Episode of \"A Good Story Well Told\" on Slaughterhouse-Five!", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/05/new-episode-of-good-story-well-told-on_29.html", "published_at": "2025-05-29T13:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df32648215c8", "title": "New Episode of \"A Good Story Well Told\" on Treasure Planet", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/05/new-episode-of-good-story-well-tolds.html", "published_at": "2025-05-15T13:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df3265482f60", "title": "New 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"01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326808029a", "title": "37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 30: The Comedy of Errors", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/03/37-days-of-shakespeare-day-30-comedy-of.html", "published_at": "2025-03-21T14:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df32689e5e9a", "title": "37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 29: Macbeth", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/03/37-days-of-shakespeare-day-29-macbeth.html", "published_at": "2025-03-13T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326938728a", "title": "37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 28: Cymbeline", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/03/37-days-of-shakespeare-day-28-cymbeline.html", "published_at": "2025-03-03T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326992a4b5", "title": "Best of 2024, #1: Will and Harper", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-1-will-and-harper.html", "published_at": "2025-02-27T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df3269b35641", "title": "Best of 2024, #2: A Complete Unknown", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-2-complete-unknown.html", "published_at": "2025-02-26T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326a708c8f", "title": "Best of 2024, #3: The Brutalist", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-3-brutalist.html", "published_at": "2025-02-25T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326b0f2611", "title": "Best of 2024, #4: Inside Out 2", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-4-inside-out-2.html", "published_at": "2025-02-24T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326be0b591", "title": "Best of 2024, #5: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-5-furiosa-mad-max-saga.html", "published_at": "2025-02-20T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326cd3dbaa", "title": "Best of 2024, #6: Gladiator II", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-6-gladiator-ii.html", "published_at": "2025-02-19T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326ce618b8", "title": "Best of 2024, #7: Wicked", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-7-wicked.html", "published_at": "2025-02-18T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-1593-73f7-8968-df326d1c4faa", "title": "Best of 2024, #8: The Wild Robot", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-8-wild-robot.html", "published_at": "2025-02-17T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-5763-7334-948e-44d7a9765511", "title": "Best of 2024, #9: Anora", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2024-9-anora.html", "published_at": "2025-02-13T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-5763-7334-948e-44d7a9aae2e6", "title": "Best of 2024, #10: Conclave", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2025-10-conclave.html", "published_at": "2025-02-12T19:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-5763-7334-948e-44d7a9d0340d", "title": "Not on the Best of 2024 List: Emelia Perez", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/not-on-best-of-2025-list-emelia-perez.html", "published_at": "2025-02-11T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-5763-7334-948e-44d7aa76d1f5", "title": "Best of 2024, Introduction and Four Movies Not on the List", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/02/best-of-2025-introduction-and-four.html", "published_at": "2025-02-10T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-5763-7334-948e-44d7aaa4cccf", "title": "37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 27: Richard III", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/01/37-days-of-shakespeare-day-27-richard.html", "published_at": "2025-01-31T00:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-5763-7334-948e-44d7ab04e8dc", "title": "Anybody Out There?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2025/01/no-post-this-week.html", "published_at": "2025-01-24T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-5763-7334-948e-44d7ab39e852", "title": "37 Days of 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"http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/03/best-of-2023-5-oppenheimer.html", "published_at": "2024-03-04T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d560427ad", "title": "Best of 2023, #6: Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/03/best-of-2023-6-mission-impossible-dead.html", "published_at": "2024-03-01T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5672c99a", "title": "Best of 2023, #7: Dumb Money", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/02/best-of-2023-7-dumb-money.html", "published_at": "2024-02-29T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5739d41a", "title": "Best of 2023, #8: Asteroid City", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/02/best-of-2023-8-asteroid-city.html", "published_at": "2024-02-28T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d581da35a", "title": "Best of 2023, #9: American Fiction", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/02/best-of-2023-9-american-fiction.html", "published_at": "2024-02-27T15:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5872fab0", "title": "Best of 2023, #10: Maestro", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/02/best-of-2023-10-maestro.html", "published_at": "2024-02-26T03:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d58d14ddf", "title": "Not on the List: Spider-Man: Preposition the Spider-Verse Part 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Nimona", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/02/not-on-list-spider-man-preposition.html", "published_at": "2024-02-22T20:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d59240ef0", "title": "Best of 2023: Not on the list: Ant Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and The Marvels", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/02/best-of-2023-not-on-list-ant-man-3.html", "published_at": "2024-02-21T14:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5a0d855f", "title": "Introduction to Best of 2023, and Not on the List: John Wick 4", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/02/introduction-to-best-of-2023-and-not-on.html", "published_at": "2024-02-20T04:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5a150b4d", "title": "Tune in Thursday at 7 Central for Table Talk!", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/01/tune-in-thursday-at-7-central-for-table.html", "published_at": "2024-01-30T14:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5abdd304", "title": "Episode 46: Organizing Chaos with Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkin", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/01/episode-46-organizing-chaos-with-sophie.html", "published_at": "2024-01-17T00:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5ae2f849", "title": "New Year's Resolution Time!", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2024/01/new-years-resolution-time.html", "published_at": "2024-01-01T18:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5b7bed1a", "title": "Episode 45: Specific vs. Generic (Or is it Factual vs. Archetypal?)", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/12/episode-45-specific-vs-generic-or-is-it.html", "published_at": "2023-12-07T15:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5bffc17e", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist is Complete!", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/12/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_6.html", "published_at": "2023-12-06T20:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5cef49d9", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do the characters refuse or fail to synthesize the meaning of the story?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/12/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0747986445.html", "published_at": "2023-12-05T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5d6e65cb", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: In the end, is the plot not entirely tidy?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/12/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_01681736219.html", "published_at": "2023-12-04T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5d6eaa44", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story’s outcome ironically contrast with the initial goal?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/12/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist.html", "published_at": "2023-12-01T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5da7f610", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the ending tip toward one side of the thematic dilemma without entirely resolving it?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0524283766.html", "published_at": "2023-11-30T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5e12837e", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are one or more objects representing larger ideas that grow in meaning each time they’re exchanged throughout the story?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0239396677.html", "published_at": "2023-11-29T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-9270-7368-9621-a83d5eb76ad4", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do many small details throughout subtly and/or ironically tie into the thematic dilemma?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_01770429152.html", "published_at": "2023-11-28T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc758ac8eca", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do all of the actions have real consequences?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0810966706.html", "published_at": "2023-11-27T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc7598f033a", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are these issues and the overall dilemma addressed in a way that avoids moral hypocrisy?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0850478651.html", "published_at": "2023-11-21T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75a333494", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story include twinges of real-life national pain?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_085312223.html", "published_at": "2023-11-20T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75abab3d2", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story have something authentic to say about this type of setting?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0166089402.html", "published_at": "2023-11-17T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75bae91b7", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story reflect the way the world works?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0920655117.html", "published_at": "2023-11-16T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75bd234ec", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do the characters consistently have to choose between goods or between evils instead of choosing between good and evil?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_01512999861.html", "published_at": "2023-11-15T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75c54f74d", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is a thematic question asked out loud or clearly implied in the first half and left open?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_01277911711.html", "published_at": "2023-11-14T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75d28f039", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Can the overall theme be stated in the form of an irreconcilable good-versus-good or evil-versus-evil dilemma?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_13.html", "published_at": "2023-11-13T19:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75d3056bc", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the dramatic question answered at the very end of the story?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_02032309352.html", "published_at": "2023-11-07T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75db5f3ea", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are reversible behaviors used to foreshadow and then confirm change?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0717935257.html", "published_at": "2023-11-06T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75dc4d872", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does foreshadowing create anticipation and suspense (and refocus the audience’s attention on what’s important)?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0453247201.html", "published_at": "2023-11-03T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75e407034", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are there characters whose situations suggest possible fates for the hero?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist.html", "published_at": "2023-11-02T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75e766d96", "title": "The Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story use framing devices to establish genre, mood, and expectations?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/11/the-ultimate-story-checklist-does-story.html", "published_at": "2023-11-01T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75eee3b02", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is there a dramatic question posed early on that establishes which moment will mark the end of the story?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/10/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_01770926935.html", "published_at": "2023-10-31T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75f072cdf", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Separate from genre, is a consistent mood established early and maintained throughout?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/10/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0242096191.html", "published_at": "2023-10-30T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75f7a618b", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the ending satisfy most of the genre expectations and defy a few others?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/10/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_01029328449.html", "published_at": "2023-10-27T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc75fa548c8", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the story limited to compatible subgenres, without mixing metaphors?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/10/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_01170129922.html", "published_at": "2023-10-26T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc760664bf8", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the story limited to one genre (or multiple, merged genres) introduced from the beginning?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/10/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist.html", "published_at": "2023-10-25T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc760a93be3", "title": "Episode 44: Putting the Secrets of Story Into Action with Torrey Maldonado", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/10/episode-44-putting-secrets-of-story.html", "published_at": "2023-10-19T21:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc7612855f6", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is there one gut-punch scene where the subtext falls away and the characters really lay into each other?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/08/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_0226823192.html", "published_at": "2023-08-30T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc76206c4fa", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is exposition withheld until the hero and the audience are both demanding to know it?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/08/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_25.html", "published_at": "2023-08-29T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc762d6f184", "title": "The Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have at least one big “I understand you” moment with a love interest or primary emotional partner?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/08/the-ultimate-story-checklist-does-hero.html", "published_at": "2023-08-28T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc763b6d4b0", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are the non-three-dimensional characters impartially polarized into head, heart, and gut?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/08/the-expanded-ultimate-story-checklist_24.html", "published_at": "2023-08-25T03:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0ca88-dc10-70de-b25e-8dc764aae49b", "title": "The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do characters (excluding professors) speak without dependent clauses, conditionals, or parallel construction?", "url": "http://www.secretsofstory.com/2023/08/do-characters-excluding-professors.html", "published_at": "2023-08-21T14:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

New Episode of "A Good Story Well Told" on Beloved!original ↗
24 Jul 2025
New Episode of "A Good Story Well Told" on the Kill Bill Movies!original ↗
10 Jul 2025
New Episode of "A Good Story Well Told" on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!original ↗
26 Jun 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 35: Much Ado About Nothingoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2025
37 Days of (Maybe) Shakespeare, Day 34: Periclesoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 33: King John (I’ve made it to the final five!)original ↗
14 Jun 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 32: Coriolanusoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2025
New Episode of "A Good Story Well Told" on Never Let Me Go!original ↗
12 Jun 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 31: The Two Gentlemen of Veronaoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2025
New Episode of "A Good Story Well Told" on Slaughterhouse-Five!original ↗
29 May 2025
New Episode of "A Good Story Well Told" on Treasure Planetoriginal ↗
15 May 2025
New Episode of "A Good Story Well Told" on Vertigo!original ↗
1 May 2025
Announcing a new podcast: A Good Story Well Told, with Jonathan Auxier!original ↗
18 Apr 2025
Shakespeare, New Sidebar Items, and My Own Personal NaNoWriMooriginal ↗
1 Apr 2025
Appearance on Jon Spurling Write in the Head YouTube Show!original ↗
25 Mar 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 30: The Comedy of Errorsoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 29: Macbethoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 28: Cymbelineoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2025
Best of 2024, #1: Will and Harperoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #2: A Complete Unknownoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #3: The Brutalistoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #4: Inside Out 2original ↗
24 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #5: Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagaoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #6: Gladiator IIoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #7: Wickedoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #8: The Wild Robotoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #9: Anoraoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, #10: Conclaveoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2025
Not on the Best of 2024 List: Emelia Perezoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2025
Best of 2024, Introduction and Four Movies Not on the Listoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 27: Richard IIIoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2025
Anybody Out There?original ↗
24 Jan 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 26: Henry VI, Part 3original ↗
16 Jan 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 25: Henry VI, Part 2original ↗
9 Jan 2025
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 24: Henry VI, Part 1original ↗
2 Jan 2025

2024

37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 23: The Merry Wives of Windsororiginal ↗
29 Oct 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 22: King Learoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 21: A Midsummer Night’s Dreamoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 20: Troilus and Cressidaoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 19: Othellooriginal ↗
20 Sept 2024
Episode 48, Our First Live Show: Capturing the Voices of Children with Betsy Birdoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2024
Thanks to those who came out on Wednesday!original ↗
9 Sept 2024
Come Out On Wednesday to Our First Secrets of Story Podcast Live Recording!original ↗
3 Sept 2024
Check out the 100th episode of Marvel Reread Club with Dan Santat!original ↗
1 Aug 2024
Episode 47: The Heroine's Labyrinth with Douglas A. Burtonoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2024
Oh No, Emergency Reviews Needed!original ↗
9 Jun 2024
Podcast Appearance on Fuse 8 n' Kate to discuss I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla-Sollew!original ↗
15 Apr 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 18: Antony and Cleopatraoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 17: Timon of Athensoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 16: The Winter’s Taleoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 15: All’s Well That Ends Welloriginal ↗
18 Mar 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 14: The Merchant of Veniceoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2024
37 Days of Shakespeare, Day 13: The Taming of the Shreworiginal ↗
11 Mar 2024
Best of 2023, #1: Barbie and #2: Poor Thingsoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2024
Best of 2023, #3: The Holdoversoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2024
Best of 2023, #4: Killers of the Flower Moonoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2024
Best of 2023, #5: Oppenheimeroriginal ↗
4 Mar 2024
Best of 2023, #6: Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part Oneoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2024
Best of 2023, #7: Dumb Moneyoriginal ↗
29 Feb 2024
Best of 2023, #8: Asteroid Cityoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2024
Best of 2023, #9: American Fictionoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2024
Best of 2023, #10: Maestrooriginal ↗
26 Feb 2024
Not on the List: Spider-Man: Preposition the Spider-Verse Part 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and Nimonaoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2024
Best of 2023: Not on the list: Ant Man 3, Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and The Marvelsoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2024
Introduction to Best of 2023, and Not on the List: John Wick 4original ↗
20 Feb 2024
Tune in Thursday at 7 Central for Table Talk!original ↗
30 Jan 2024
Episode 46: Organizing Chaos with Sophie Beal and Gary Dalkinoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2024
New Year's Resolution Time!original ↗
1 Jan 2024

2023

Episode 45: Specific vs. Generic (Or is it Factual vs. Archetypal?)original ↗
7 Dec 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist is Complete!original ↗
6 Dec 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do the characters refuse or fail to synthesize the meaning of the story?original ↗
5 Dec 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: In the end, is the plot not entirely tidy?original ↗
4 Dec 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story’s outcome ironically contrast with the initial goal?original ↗
1 Dec 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the ending tip toward one side of the thematic dilemma without entirely resolving it?original ↗
30 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are one or more objects representing larger ideas that grow in meaning each time they’re exchanged throughout the story?original ↗
29 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do many small details throughout subtly and/or ironically tie into the thematic dilemma?original ↗
28 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do all of the actions have real consequences?original ↗
27 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are these issues and the overall dilemma addressed in a way that avoids moral hypocrisy?original ↗
21 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story include twinges of real-life national pain?original ↗
20 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story have something authentic to say about this type of setting?original ↗
17 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story reflect the way the world works?original ↗
16 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do the characters consistently have to choose between goods or between evils instead of choosing between good and evil?original ↗
15 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is a thematic question asked out loud or clearly implied in the first half and left open?original ↗
14 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Can the overall theme be stated in the form of an irreconcilable good-versus-good or evil-versus-evil dilemma?original ↗
13 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the dramatic question answered at the very end of the story?original ↗
7 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are reversible behaviors used to foreshadow and then confirm change?original ↗
6 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does foreshadowing create anticipation and suspense (and refocus the audience’s attention on what’s important)?original ↗
3 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are there characters whose situations suggest possible fates for the hero?original ↗
2 Nov 2023
The Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the story use framing devices to establish genre, mood, and expectations?original ↗
1 Nov 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is there a dramatic question posed early on that establishes which moment will mark the end of the story?original ↗
31 Oct 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Separate from genre, is a consistent mood established early and maintained throughout?original ↗
30 Oct 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the ending satisfy most of the genre expectations and defy a few others?original ↗
27 Oct 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the story limited to compatible subgenres, without mixing metaphors?original ↗
26 Oct 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is the story limited to one genre (or multiple, merged genres) introduced from the beginning?original ↗
25 Oct 2023
Episode 44: Putting the Secrets of Story Into Action with Torrey Maldonadooriginal ↗
19 Oct 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is there one gut-punch scene where the subtext falls away and the characters really lay into each other?original ↗
30 Aug 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Is exposition withheld until the hero and the audience are both demanding to know it?original ↗
29 Aug 2023
The Ultimate Story Checklist: Does the hero have at least one big “I understand you” moment with a love interest or primary emotional partner?original ↗
28 Aug 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Are the non-three-dimensional characters impartially polarized into head, heart, and gut?original ↗
25 Aug 2023
The Expanded Ultimate Story Checklist: Do characters (excluding professors) speak without dependent clauses, conditionals, or parallel construction?original ↗
21 Aug 2023
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