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Kill the Cat: Storytelling Structures for Screenwriters Sick of the Hero’s Journey

Kill the Cat: Storytelling Structures for Screenwriters Sick of the Hero’s Journey

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been personally victimized by "The Hero’s Journey." Now that every screenwriter’s hand is up ...

# Read # Style & Substance
5 min read

Artist Snapshot: Bernardo Duran, Jr

Artist Snapshot: Bernardo Duran, Jr

When you start writing, your first instinct is to want to write for other people—but you quickly learn that it's not always sustainable to do so.

# Read # Snapshots
1 min read

Snow Girl Found

Snow Girl Found

Years ago, I met my true love here. I was six, he was six. Now I’m fifteen, and so is he. He waits for me on these chilly winter mornings. His lips are cold, they melt when they touch mine.

# Read # Fiction
15 min read

Play Time is Over

Play Time is Over

"It feels like a play." Of all the notes I got in the beginning of my screenwriting master’s program, this one hurt the most.

# Read # Crossover
6 min read

#Content: The Internet and the Democratization of Art

#Content: The Internet and the Democratization of Art

For years, the rich and the powerful have been the unseen gatekeepers of art and culture, using the concept of “exposure” as an exploitative currency. And for the first time in human history, that paradigm has changed.

# Read # The District
6 min read

Artist Snapshot: Grace Swee

Artist Snapshot: Grace Swee

It's okay to take the time to find and seek—both yourself and the story you hope to tell.

# Read # Snapshots
1 min read

Launch Party: The Practicalities of Taking an Impractical Leap

Launch Party: The Practicalities of Taking an Impractical Leap

I didn’t become a full-time writer because it would support me financially—I did it so I could finally feel alive.

# Read # Independent
7 min read

Kill Your Darlings (Leave the Heart)

Kill Your Darlings (Leave the Heart)

I suddenly found myself getting more feedback than I could handle. Seven voices all telling me different things. Seven voices full of conviction, where I had none. I tried to please everyone. Spoiler alert: I failed.

# Read # The Creative Mind
5 min read

Finding Inspiration in Grief

Finding Inspiration in Grief

After I finished a draft, I emerged from my cocoon of grief, wiped the ice chips off my body, and wasn’t prone to crying in the middle of the street anymore. I left it all on the page.

# Read # The Creative Mind
5 min read

The Nomad: A Jai Jamison Origin Story

The Nomad: A Jai Jamison Origin Story

The “in-between” can be a lonely place—growing up Black in the capital of the Confederacy can make it even lonelier.

# Read # Subplot # Interviews
22 min read

The 5th Grade Writing Process: A Dangerous Lie

The 5th Grade Writing Process: A Dangerous Lie

I don't often have hot takes, but when I do, it’s that “The Writing Process” poster in my fifth-grade classroom ruined me.

# Read # Style & Substance
6 min read

Alex Hooper: Going Big and Unbalanced

Alex Hooper: Going Big and Unbalanced

I have no reason to be scared of anything, ever. 2018 could have been a death punch to me as a comedian. That kind of beating is almost unheard of as a stand-up comic. But I proved to myself that I can rise up to the biggest occasions.

# Read # Q&A # The Circus # Interviews
7 min read

Artist Snapshot: Skyler Lawson

Artist Snapshot: Skyler Lawson

If you’re trying to hit the zeitgeist, you’re gonna miss and be too late. Authenticity is timeless ...

# Read # Snapshots
2 min read

We Get There When We Get There

We Get There When We Get There

I don’t want to be famous. I don’t want to be the next ‘so-and-so’ anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still on my grind—I still bleed this shit. But I’m just ... enjoying the ride.

# Read # Independent # Breaking In
6 min read

Lessons from an Ad Agency: Want to be the Next Aaron Sorkin? Start by Being Don Draper

Lessons from an Ad Agency: Want to be the Next Aaron Sorkin? Start by Being Don Draper

It’s all storytelling, be it a product or a film or a TV show. Combining art and business is a tale as old as time.

# Read # The Business of Art
5 min read
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