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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)

Friday, May 15, 2015

Enough already with the Raiders of the Lost Ark “Story Problem”

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Okay, here’s the deal: I’m getting really tired of hearing this idea that the character of Indiana Jones doesn’t matter in the outcome...
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Friday, February 20, 2015

Thoughts on Stewart Stern

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91-year-old Stewart Stern dancing as he made his exit from a party “I taught you to fight and to fly. What more could there be?” ― J.M....
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Sunday, December 14, 2014

My Accidental Hiatus

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Turns out I took an accidental hiatus. I kept thinking I would get back to posting, but things kept getting in the way. I was teaching an...
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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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