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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)

Saturday, November 24, 2012

My Book INK SPOTS is now out.

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This is not so much a blog post as it is an announcement that my new book Ink Spots is now available at Amazon on Kindle and paperback...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

What 33 years of teaching taught Charles Johnson about writing students

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Charles Johnson National Book Award winner and author of Middle Passage  For the first time in the history of The Invisible Ink Blog...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A history lesson and an answer to a question about Star Wars

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I have met, in my travels, younger people who are interested in film, but they have seen almost none of the classics. Sometimes they have ...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

King Kong – They All Laughed

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  When modern engineers see the pyramids of Egypt, they marvel: How could people so long ago, without heavy machines or modern building ma...
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Monday, July 09, 2012

Movies I Like: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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--> If you weren’t around in 1982 you missed a crazy-good year for film. I have often said that it was the last great year ...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

D'oh! I forgot something.

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Sorry this is not a proper post , but I just realized that I never announced my interview on the Paper Wings Podcast on this blo...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Don't be Afraid to Grow (Even when it hurts)

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  This may sting. Ready? I want you to think of your favorite films (or books or plays or televisions shows). Whatever. Think abo...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Jack Kirby and Pablo Picasso

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Image by WonderBros   "If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes. " -- Pablo Picasso I started reading co...
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