I’m on a mission to become a better storyteller in 2020 by studying 100 movies, 50 screenplays, and 25 women’s fiction books in 2020. I write a brief review that identifies a key writing tip or technique fiction writers and screenwriters can use in their own projects. I’ll update this post semi-monthly so you can […]
Spoilers? Kinda sorta. Please go watch the movie. This humorous twist on a whodunit makes me hungry for the prospect of a franchise. The movie, written and directed by Rian Johnson, centers around the death of eccentric mystery novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). His surviving family members, all entitled, betray one another to varying degrees […]
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 […]
