Story Nerd
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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
Back to the Future: plot holes, schmot holes
Jan 11, 202338 min
Storm Boy: hugh jackman v. the pelicans
Jan 4, 202345 min
Whiplash: why the villain has a point
Dec 28, 202250 min
Coraline: a horror story?
Dec 21, 202235 min
Home Alone: wanna bend the rules?
Dec 14, 202239 min
Our Best Advice: beginnings/endings + sequences
Dec 7, 202227 min
Lost in Translation: wtaf?
Nov 30, 202249 min
Toy Story: soooooo good, but why?
Nov 23, 202238 min
The Water Horse: keep subplots at bay
Nov 16, 202243 min
Guardians of the Galaxy: great script or great music?
Nov 9, 202247 min
Good Will Hunting: miniplots and subplots
Nov 2, 202232 min
The Blair Witch Project: power of the imagination
Oct 26, 202249 min
Sliding Doors: innovation or gimmick?
Oct 19, 202245 min
Sense and Sensibility: ship your work
Oct 12, 202226 min
The Bourne Identity: build tension, raise stakes
Oct 5, 202234 min
Tootsie: finally, sequences!
Sep 28, 202232 min
Our Best Advice: hero's gift + antagonism
Sep 21, 202232 min
Wild: stories need conflict
Sep 14, 202234 min
A Few Good Men: this is how you handle exposition
Sep 7, 202252 min
Booksmart: an unfortunate train wreck
Aug 31, 202245 min
Death on the Nile: the moustache mystery
Aug 24, 202246 min
Promising Young Woman: when society is the villain
Aug 17, 202250 min