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What did you mean when you said that audiences have emotional cowardice and are generally afraid of confrontation? To what degree do we as writers have a responsibility to confront audiences?

What did you mean when you said that audiences have emotional cowardice and are generally afraid of confrontation? To what degree do we as writers have a responsibility to confront audiences?

Jan 11, 2013 - 12:00 AM

When writing with flashbacks in a story, do you first lay out the entire story chronologically and then just take the pieces and assemble them like a puzzle?

When writing with flashbacks in a story, do you first lay out the entire story chronologically and then just take the pieces and assemble them like a puzzle?

Jan 10, 2013 - 12:00 AM

Can you talk about balancing story structure with allowing the organic process of writing and working with a story?

Can you talk about balancing story structure with allowing the organic process of writing and working with a story?

Jan 09, 2013 - 12:00 AM

How should the writer of the 100 hour story approach structuring his or her acts?

How should the writer of the 100 hour story approach structuring his or her acts?

Jan 08, 2013 - 12:00 AM

You said in your lecture that you have to know everything about your story - like a god - to keep it simple and control everything that is happening in the story. Must you know everything about your story from the beginning?

You said in your lecture that you have to know everything about your story - like a god - to keep it simple and control everything that is happening in the story. Must you know everything about your story from the beginning?

Jan 07, 2013 - 12:00 AM

In a story of social realism, is there an inherent problem with trying to suggest didactically what people can do to solve a particular social problem rather than giving them catharsis which can help them in their own personal lives?

In a story of social realism, is there an inherent problem with trying to suggest didactically what people can do to solve a particular social problem rather than giving them catharsis which can help them in their own personal lives?

Jan 04, 2013 - 12:00 AM

How can what you teach about story structure and character be applied to sitcoms? Shouldn’t a character change from the beginning to the end of an episode?

How can what you teach about story structure and character be applied to sitcoms? Shouldn’t a character change from the beginning to the end of an episode?

Jan 03, 2013 - 12:00 AM

In your lecture, you talked about the idealistic story and the pessimistic story. How do you combine the two at the end with action without canceling the two of them out?

In your lecture, you talked about the idealistic story and the pessimistic story. How do you combine the two at the end with action without canceling the two of them out?

Jan 02, 2013 - 12:00 AM

I understand the controlling idea of my domestic drama story, but I can’t find the value. How would I identify the value of the story?

I understand the controlling idea of my domestic drama story, but I can’t find the value. How would I identify the value of the story?

Jan 01, 2013 - 12:00 AM

Where would I find conventions for domestic drama?

Where would I find conventions for domestic drama?

Dec 31, 2012 - 12:00 AM

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