Wednesday, September 25, 2024

All Good Stories Contain a Mystery

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We've all heard the story about how Sir Isaac Newton supposedly discovered gravity by virtue of a falling apple. Recently I finished Dav...
Sunday, August 25, 2024

Mystery, Muse, and Motivation

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  "The mark of a true writer with inspiration from God...voices in your head...visions in your mind."   That's what Pam, my wi...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Elements of Valid Propositions and Arguments

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This post was motivated by recent experiences in the comment threads of social media on Instagram. While this blog is mostly about long-form...
Friday, July 5, 2024

Ethan and Maya Hawke - Movies for Dads and Daughters

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 I'm looking forward to Ethan and Maya Hawke's movie about Flannery  O'Connor, WILDCAT. Letterbox asked them to interview each o...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC: Diluted Hero

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ALIENS IN THE ATTIC (2009) PG I would appreciate your telling me of typos or confusing paragraphs.  A group of kids must protect their vacat...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

POV: An Emotional Suture in Screenplays and Novels

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(found on the web) The most successful stories create deep emotional empathy between readers (or audiences) and the story's characters. ...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's U.K. Banquet - Subtext for Desert

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I love subtext in dialogue. I discuss it at length in Lesson 12 of my on-line Storycraft Training series. But in today's news we have a...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Storytelling Tips 1 & 2 on Irony in Terrence Malik's A HIDDEN LIFE

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 Hopefully, these two short videos speak for themselves. A HIDDEN LIFE is a cinematic masterpiece of storytelling. A significant factor in i...
Sunday, July 23, 2023

Moral Premise Storycraft Podcast Ep. 2: Can Historical Fiction Be True?

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

Sound of Freedom vs. Indiana Jones: The Dial of Destiny

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This blog post is a cry for reason in the pursuit of excellence and a plea to destroy the love of mediocrity. The Sound of Freedom movie, st...