Becoming a better storyteller by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. The next time I embark on a major project like this, I won’t start a key segment of it with the most complicated example of the form. Lady Bird‘s script is so complex and dense with wonderful examples of what to […]
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25 Books: #2, Little Women
Becoming a better fiction writer by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 books in 2020. It’s hard to distill a single writing lesson from a novel as beloved and complex as Little Women (yes, children’s literature is complex). Further complicating the task is the need to also write about the 2019 film adaptation by Greta […]
25 Books: #1, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
This is a fun read. Thirty-ish Nina Hill prefers staying home with a book over going out and dealing with people (same). She gets plenty of that from her job as a bookstore clerk. She’s got her cat, Phil. She’s got tons of books in her cozy apartment. She has a few friends and ventures […]