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When I set out to write my first-ever murder mystery—about a group of mystery writers who get trapped at a mystery-writing conference and people start turning up dead—I felt an enormous amount of pressure. Mysteries are one of the most tightly plotted genres out there... The post How I Accidentally Wrote Another Plotti
One of the most important lessons I have learned through Save the Cat! is that students often understand more about storytelling than they realize. They know when a story has not truly begun. They recognize when a character faces a meaningful choice. They feel when... The post Save the Cat!® for Schools: Teaching Story
Why we chose to do a Save the Cat!® beat sheet analysis of Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves is a literary fantasy narrated by Death, who comes to us in the form of a quiet,... The post <i>Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt</i> Novel Beat Sheet Anal
Aimeé Teegarden and Chris McNally star in “Love Finds You.” Yes, we’ve heard the jokes. “What has 27 actors, three settings, two writers, and one plot?” “671 Hallmark movies.” So when my writing partner and I (yes, two writers required, see above) were first hired... The post How to Write and Sell a Script to the Hallm
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