In the 2011 movie Midnight in Paris, Gertrude Stein, played by Kathy Bates, shares some wisdom we all could learn from.
Cobra Kai is the most focused show on television right now.
The term content is so vague and empty it shortchanges both creator and viewer.
The High Stakes Fallacy, whereby big, impersonal stakes are thought to be enough for a story, is an easy trap to fall into.
Stories are about struggle. This concept is easy to understand yet can be hard to implement. I take a look at why.
My Blake Snyder Beat Sheet for the film Inglourious Basterds.
In my final post in the “Opposites” series, I discuss how this idea of opposites, or dichotomies, is played out masterfully in the show Cobra Kai.
In my second post in this “Opposites” series, I look at more examples of the opposing dynamics in the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet.
Good story structure boils down to a series of opposites, or dichotomies. One of the most important of these is the opening image and final image in a story.
The Blake Snyder Beat Sheet in the book Save the Cat! is an excellent guide to storytelling and story structure that I highly recommend to anyone interested in writing.
