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Few Words: An Elaborated Digression on Brevity

We talk too much and so often too loudly without listening. I blame social media and Bravo TV for part of this, along with our …

Posted on July 2, 2024September 11, 2024
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Bring Evil Back to Hollywood

Evil. It’s everywhere in popular culture. Ours is the land of movie and TV heroes and superheroes, after all. As much as the entertainment press … Read More ›

Posted on May 7, 2024March 23, 2024
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Storytelling by Compulsion: Interview with Maggy Smith

Maggy Smith was born to a small dynasty of Polish craftsmen, illustrators, inventors, and designers. Her childhood home in the Wisconsin wilderness featured not only … Read More ›

Posted on June 23, 2017December 12, 2020
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Screenwriting in Los Angeles: Interview with Faith Liu

“The only difference between amateur and professional writers,” according to Faith Liu, screenwriting graduate student, “is that professionals write when they don’t feel like it.” … Read More ›

Posted on April 14, 2017January 20, 2021
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Writing for a Living: Interview with Erin Mundahl

Since graduating from Hillsdale College in 2014, Erin Mundahl has worked in different angles of the news industry, both print and online. Immediately after graduation, she interned for … Read More ›

Posted on January 16, 2017January 20, 2021
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Posted on October 3, 2016January 20, 2021
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Color Theory for Movie Fans

All movie-watchers indulge in their own pet obsessions. Maybe you watch for plot twists; your sister watches for gorgeous soundtracks; your dad for the quotable … Read More ›

Posted on July 23, 2015December 14, 2016
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The Difference between Revisiting, Reinterpreting, Retconning, and Retroactively Ruining Stories

What does it mean to tell a story? Why does spinning a yarn matter, and what kind of effect does it have on both the … Read More ›

Posted on July 9, 2015November 11, 2017

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