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Can A Story Work If The Conscious Object Of Desire Of The Protagonist Is Something Abstract, Like A State Of Mind?
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Should I Be Concerned About Plagiarism?
Jul 28, 2010
How Come There Isn't An "Immaturation Plot" To Mirror The Maturation Plot?
Jul 27, 2010
Why Don't You Discuss More French Films During The Story Seminar?
Jul 23, 2010
When Multiple Characters Are Involved, Can The Same Scene Be Used To Further More Than One Plot or Subplot At A Time?
Jul 22, 2010
Is The Quest For An Artistic Work Always Diminished By The Commercial Requirements Of Distribution?
Jul 21, 2010
Should Writers Write With The Intent That The Audience Has Some Information About The Story In Advance?
Jul 20, 2010
What Are The Pros and Cons Of Working On More Than One Story At A Time?
Jul 16, 2010
Is There A Certain Place To Position Songs in Movies? In Musicals?
Jul 15, 2010
How Do You Feel About Using Dreams As Alternate Settings?
Jul 14, 2010
Would Changing My Story's Setting (i.e. its City) Make It More Saleable to Hollywood?
Jul 13, 2010
Does The Knowledge and Hype That Precedes A Movie's Release Ruin Its Storytelling Power?
Jul 12, 2010
How Do You Deal With Irreversible Changes in TV?
Jul 09, 2010
Is All Subtext, By Nature, Manipulative In Its Intent?
Jul 08, 2010
How Do You Construct and Tell A Non-Linear Story?
Jul 07, 2010
How Does A Writer Who Is Just A Beginner Learn How To Master The Craft?
Jul 06, 2010
What Happens After You've Sold Your Screenplay? Do You Have Any Control Over It?
Jul 05, 2010
Why Can't I, Instead Of Having The Protagonist Turn, Have the Audience Turn?
Jul 02, 2010
Can The Inciting Incident Be More Than One Event? Can It Be A Sequence Of Events?
Jul 01, 2010
Is The Five-Part Design Found In One Act Stories?
Jun 30, 2010
How Do We Find The Contrary Value of a Positive Value?
Jun 29, 2010
Is There A Principle To Follow When Determining How Dramatic To Make Your Inciting Incident?
Jun 28, 2010
Is It Ok To Do True Characterization For All Of Your Characters, Primary And Supporting?
Jun 25, 2010
What Is Your Motivation For Conducting The Story Seminar?
Jun 23, 2010
How Long Should Flashbacks Be, And Where Should They Be Placed?
Jun 24, 2010
Do Movies Mirror Real-Life Experiences In Their Positive and Negative Charges?
Jun 22, 2010
How Do You Differentiate Between A Style and A Cliche?
Jun 21, 2010
The Difference Between Writing for Film Versus TV
Jun 18, 2010
How Do I Define My Work In One Sentence?
Jun 17, 2010
Do You Recommend That Novels Start with the Inciting Incident or Set-Up?
Jun 16, 2010
The Influence of Propaganda in Films on Society
Jun 15, 2010
What's The Best Way To Tackle A Montage?
Jun 14, 2010
What Is The Truth Of Your Story? How Do You Define Truth?
Jun 11, 2010
How Do We Live A Better Story Within Our Own Lives?
Jun 10, 2010
"What Are The Benefits and Drawbacks Of Doing A Two-Person Protagonist?"
Jun 09, 2010
How Do You Know The Value of Your Second Act Climax If The Ending Can Go Two Different Ways?
Jun 08, 2010
What Do You Do After You Finish Your Screenplay?
Jun 07, 2010
How Would I Start A Career In Rewriting Screenplays?
Jun 04, 2010
Is Body Language an Actor's Choice or Writer's Directive?
Jun 03, 2010
When You Revise Your Story, To What Extent Can You Revise Your Character?
Jun 02, 2010
Why Is The Female Protagonist Considered Commercially Unsuccessful?
Jun 01, 2010
How Do You Measure Risk In A Screenplay or Film. Example: Disney's RATATOUILLE
May 31, 2010
What Are The Limits of Influence and Persuasion in Screenwriting?
May 28, 2010
At What Stage Do You Re-Write?
May 27, 2010
The Negation of the Negation / Reaching The End of the Line
May 26, 2010
Which "Self" Changes - The Secret Self or the Subconsciou/Invisible Self?
May 25, 2010
Could You Change Your Character's Object of Desire
May 24, 2010
What Did You Think About The Structure of JUNO?
May 21, 2010
Degrees of Anger in Comedy
May 20, 2010
Can A Novel Begin With a Flashback?
May 19, 2010
The Myth and Story
May 18, 2010
Should You Think Of A Certain Actor or Actress To Play A Part When Writing A Screenplay?
May 17, 2010
What Happens In A Horror Film When A Character Is Bitten By A Zombie?
May 14, 2010
When Do You Establish A Character's Expectation?
May 13, 2010
The Level of Conflict in the Plot and Sub-Plot
May 12, 2010
Do Plot and Sub-Plot Have To End The Same Way?
May 11, 2010
Where Does The Inciting Incident Come From - Within or Outside of the Character?
May 10, 2010
At What Stage In Your Writing Do You Show It To Someone?
May 07, 2010
Is My Life Story Interesting Enough To Be A Screenplay?
May 05, 2010
Will The Story Work If You Reverse the Roles of the Antagonist and Protagonist?
May 06, 2010
How Important Are The First 5 Pages of the Screenplay?
May 04, 2010
How Do You Arouse Concern for the Protagonist?
May 03, 2010
How Do You Write Stories That Are Timeless?
Apr 30, 2010
How Do You Create An Ironic Ending In A Thriller?
Apr 29, 2010
Are Flashbacks Useful and How Long Should They Be?
Apr 28, 2010
Testing Plot - Pt. II
Apr 27, 2010
The Testing Plot
Apr 26, 2010
Designing The Perfect Crime
Apr 23, 2010
Accelerating The Development Of Your Character
Apr 22, 2010
Characters Making Conservative, But Sufficient, Actions
Apr 21, 2010
How Do You Learn To Tell Stories?
Apr 20, 2010
Applying the Principles of Story to Short Stories
Apr 19, 2010
Writer's Block
Apr 16, 2010
Telling A Story With Still Photography
Apr 15, 2010
Balancing A Character's Negative and Positive Dimensions
Apr 14, 2010
Act Structure in Story
Apr 13, 2010
Should Comedy Characters Be Shallow and Soulless?
Apr 12, 2010
Using Story in the Context of a Non-Fiction Work
Apr 09, 2010
The Difference Between Exposition and Set-Ups
Apr 08, 2010
Act Climaxes on Stage and on Screen
Apr 07, 2010
Myth and Truth in Story
Apr 06, 2010
If The Audience Knows What Will Happen, Does It Kill The Suspense?
Apr 05, 2010
Does Reading Other People's Writing Influence Your Writing?
Apr 02, 2010
Applying The Principles of Story in Television
Mar 31, 2010
Writing For Children vs. Writing For Adults
Apr 01, 2010
Getting Into The Minds Of Characters of the Opposite Sex
Mar 30, 2010
Writing A BioPic
Mar 29, 2010
Is It Fatal To Incapacitate Your Main Character In The Story?
Mar 26, 2010
Using Story To Raise Money For A New Venture
Mar 25, 2010
"COULD I do this?" versus "WHY am I doing this?"
Mar 24, 2010
Starting with a specific inspiration or theme, and then changing course.
Mar 23, 2010
Sequels and Prequels
Mar 22, 2010
What Makes A Thriller A Thriller?
Mar 19, 2010
How Do You Get Over Writer's Block?
Mar 18, 2010
Do I Need Technical Filmmaking Knowledge To Be A Screenwriter?
Mar 17, 2010
Positioning A Story In A Keynote Address
Mar 16, 2010
Writing Dialogue Before You Have A Story
Mar 15, 2010
Requires