storytelling
How to Write a Short Story: 9 Steps from a Best Selling Author
Learning how to write a short story is the perfect place to begin your writing journey. But it's an art—they're vastly different from full-length novels.
Terry Gilliam Reveals the Secrets of Monty Python Animations: A 1974 How-To Guide
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, before he became short-hand for a filmmaker cursed with cosmically bad luck, before he became the sole American member of seminal British comedy group Monty Python, Terry Gilliam made a name for himself creating odd animated bits for the UK series…
The basic dramatic situations, according to 1919 manual for screenwriters
'Great literature is one of two stories,' we often quote Leo Tolstoy as saying: 'a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.' That's all well and good for the author of War and Peace, but what about the thousands of screenwriters struggling to come up with the next hit…
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The 100 Most Influential Sequences in Animation History
From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, retracing 128 years of an art form that continues to draw us all in.
Can We Escape from Time? | John Lanchester
We have grown very used to the idea of time travel, as explored and exploited in so many movies and TV series and so much fiction. Although it feels like it’s been around forever, it isn’t an ancient archetypal story but a newborn myth, created by H.G. Wells in his 1895 novel…
The First Sentence Is a Handshake (2014)
According to science fiction writer William Gibson, a book's opening should be an inviting enigma to the reader—and a motivational benchmark for the writer.
8 Habits of Deeply Inspiring People
The best lessons from films and fiction on what makes a hero
The Floggings Will Continue Until Morale Improves – Quote Investigator
The Six Main Stories, As Identified by a Computer - The Atlantic
A machine mapped the most frequently used emotional trajectories in fiction, and compared them with the ones readers like best.
The Guy Who Wouldn't Write a Hit: An Interview with David Simon | Claudia Dreifus
Claudia Dreifus: You are sometimes called “the Balzac of Baltimore.” What’s your take on the title? David Simon: When people say that, I go, “Did you just call me a ball sac?” I usually goof on that. I haven’t read all of Balzac. I keep slicing up society, taking a different…
What makes a character memorable?
Fabula Storytelling Cards
Fabula is an analogue framework for fiction writers and screenwriters
Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Tips on How to Write a Good Short Story
When it came to giving advice to writers, Kurt Vonnegut was never dull.
Why your next TV needs ‘filmmaker mode’
TVs this year will ship with a new feature called "filmmaker mode," but unlike the last dozen things the display industry has tried to foist on consumers, this one actually matters. It doesn't magically turn your living room into a movie theater, but it's an important step in…
Best Screenplay Goes to the Algorithms - Issue 79: Catalysts
Learning to appreciate the future of literature.
Great Noir Lives—and Dies—on Dialogue
Bowie placed the shotgun on the ground and picked up the .22 rifle. “I always wanted one of these little guns when I was a kid,” he said. “That time they got me in Florida,” Chicamaw said, “and sen…
Download New Storyboarding Software That’s Free & Open Source
Quick tip: The new software package, Storyboarder, makes it 'easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures.' You can create a story idea without actually making a full-blown movie and see how it looks. Storyboarder is free. It's open source.
Kevin Kelly - The Best Magazine Articles Ever | Hacker News
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Heaven Can Wait: The Hidden Genius of Elaine May - The Ringer
Improvising legend. Filmmaking maverick. Comedy savant. Screenwriting secret weapon. Elaine May is one of the most important people in American pop cultural history. Why isn’t she more celebrated? That’s exactly how she wants it.
Name It, and They Will Come — overreacted
A change starts with a story.
‘Michael Clayton’ in the Age of Netflix
Michael Clayton is a great film. I was reminded of this fact a while back on Twitter. Not that I needed to be reminded — I tweet about the…
From Product/Market Fit to Language/Market Fit: A New Brand Storytelling Fr
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Why Marketers Need to Invest in Authentic Long-Form Storytelling
In the wake of the Pepsi debacle, brands should turn up the authenticity in their marketing budgets with more long-form films and documentaries.