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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)

Monday, June 02, 2014

How Stories Work – Everything Old is New Again

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A few months ago, I heard a story on NPR about a study that found reading literary fiction, rather than popular fiction, could ...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Movies I Like: Ace in the Hole

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final draft script writing screenwriting software screenwriting contests filmmaking books I am unsure just how ma...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

Why a deus ex machina doesn’t make a satisfying story.

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Before I start this post I want to apologize for the long gap between this post and the last.   I was deep in a project that took...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Yes, Documentaries Also Use Story Structure

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One of the questions I get most is about story structure and is, “Is it different for documentaries?” No. In fact one of the...
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Friday, June 21, 2013

Movies I Like: Double Indemnity

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  “The two most important words in motion pictures are Billy and Wilder” – Alfred Hitchcock “It was a hot afternoon, an...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

What I Learned From Reading E.T.

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  This post was originally written for, and posted at, the Women in Film Seattle site.  Cool organization, check them out. Anyway, in ca...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Shows I Like: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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Not long ago I read the late legendary comedy writer and teacher  Danny Simon used to show episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show i...
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