Story Nerd
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Nanowrimo: how to win
Oct 31, 202310 min
Don't Worry Darling: where did it go wrong?
Oct 29, 202315 min
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas: writing historical fiction
Oct 25, 202339 min
Big: writing comedic characters
Oct 18, 202336 min
Everything Everywhere All At Once: was there a script?
Oct 11, 202354 min
Fatal Attraction: who's the villain?
Oct 4, 202337 min
District 9: worldbuilding 101
Sep 27, 202346 min
Bridget Jones's Diary: why we love her
Sep 20, 202331 min
Story 101: Poetic Device
Sep 18, 202316 min
Can You Ever Forgive Me: what's hiding under your bed?
Sep 13, 202332 min
Ray: a product of his environment
Sep 6, 202332 min
Death on the Nile: the moustache mystery (archive)
Aug 30, 202348 min
Skyfall: m is for mother? (archive)
Aug 23, 202359 min
The Water Horse: keep subplots at bay (archive)
Aug 16, 202345 min
West Side Story: innovative or cliche? (archive episode)
Aug 9, 202345 min
Wanted: AI Prompt Engineer
Aug 7, 20231h 2m
Alec Sokolow: the hero's journey
Aug 2, 202330 min
Our Best Advice: empathy + stakes
Jul 26, 202320 min
Operation Mincemeat: truth is stranger than fiction
Jul 19, 202338 min
WALL-E: the basics, mastered
Jul 12, 202328 min
Manchester by the Sea: I'm not crying, you're crying
Jul 5, 202339 min
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande: do you empathize?
Jun 28, 202344 min
The Hate U Give: delete the first 28 minutes
Jun 21, 202339 min
Is AI good or bad for writers?
Jun 16, 202331 min
As Good As It Gets: creating unlikable characters
Jun 14, 202335 min
The Wife: sublime storytelling
Jun 7, 202354 min
The Godfather: empathy for a mafia don?
May 31, 202349 min
Story 101: Quibbling Over Semantics
May 26, 20239 min
10 Things I Hate About You: what not to do
May 24, 202332 min
The King's Speech: try this trick
May 17, 202339 min
Our Best Advice: story form + resonance
May 10, 202333 min
Gatsby: who's the protagonist?
May 3, 202328 min
When Harry Met Sally: quasi antiplot huh?
Apr 26, 202336 min
Star Wars Ep7: the face plant
Apr 19, 202345 min
Wayne's World: party on, story nerds!
Apr 12, 202340 min
Aliens: writing a series
Apr 5, 202336 min
Nashville: writing multiple POVs
Mar 29, 202344 min
The Shape of Water: kooky and clever
Mar 22, 202341 min
The Accidental Tourist: oh, so this is miniplot!
Mar 15, 202342 min
Lego Batman: holy product placement, batman
Mar 8, 202338 min
Men in Black: invasion lit is a thing?
Mar 1, 202337 min
Story 101: Read Like a Writer
Feb 26, 202312 min
Best Advice: middles + subtext
Feb 22, 202321 min
The Devil Wears Prada: simply solid storytelling
Feb 15, 202330 min
Story 101 : start your story right
Feb 14, 20239 min
Four Weddings and a Funeral: saggy middles?
Feb 8, 202340 min
Announcing Story 101!
Feb 5, 20232 min
La La Land: novelists make this mistake too
Feb 1, 202341 min
Groundhog Day: groundhog day groundhog day
Jan 25, 202335 min
Skyfall: m is for mother?
Jan 18, 202357 min