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"Invisible Ink is a powerful tool for anyone who wants to become a better screenwriter. With elegance and precision, Brian McDonald uses his deep understanding of story and character to pass on essential truths about dramatic writing. Ignore him at your peril." —Jim Taylor (Academy Award?- winning screenwriter of Sideways and Election)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Movies I Like: Rear Window

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Why I haven’t written about Rear Window before is beyond my comprehension. Really . This is one of the best films that master-of-sus...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Movies I Like: The Wizard of Oz (Doing what the story needs)

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 “Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works....
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Thursday, September 08, 2011

Tell 'em What You're Gonna Tell 'em

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A few days ago I sent out a link to friends and students to a story about a studythat said readers found stories more enjoyable if they...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Embracing Cliché (by not being cliché)

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"There is nothing new in art except talent." – Anton Chekhov When teaching story structure, one of the biggest objections I h...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

My Book FREEMAN Is Out!

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  Hey guys, my new book FREEMAN is actually out now.  We had a pre-release last month at TR!CSTER , but now it is available to anyone on Am...
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Movies I Like (Redux): Planet of the Apes

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"Overall theme leads to characters then on to plot" -- Rod Serling This post is a kind of “re-run” of a previous post...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Thank you, Tr!ckster!

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This is unusual post for me because for the most part things I write here are directly related to the craft of storytelling, but I wa...
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