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STORY: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting. It's by Robert McKee and it's not just for screenwriting. I mean, it's supposed to be, but it discusses character development ...

I like the first part. The second one about Moloch I didn't. Haven't read the third one.

The story I'm currently writing came to me in Literature. We were discussing Picasso, and a student suggested that he started his cubist period because the paintings were easier to ...

Comicbook. Comicbook. It's called a comicbook. And yeah, it's fantastic. The first volume was mindblowing, though I thought the second one, Doll's House, had some pacing issues. Haven't read the ...

Both the movie and the book are fantastic. Hilarious, stuff. Tell me the sex scene in the movie is not the funniest thing ever.

I'm tempted to say Lord of the Rings. I mean, the narrative is so boring that I just don't know how anyone can actually like those books. Then again, the ...

Irvine Welsh always gets a little bit crazy with formatting. In Acid House he has pages filled with the word "LIGHT" and rectangles of meaningless narration scattered around. The plot ...

bad

The subtle coffin was dressed with black, thorned roses, that reminded me of myself.

People will probably talk about pleasant conversations and good restaurants but, hey, I'm not ashamed to say that a perfect first date, for a guy, is, hopefully, sex. -Tom. Have ...

But this would entail having to have read the stories we're refering to.

Oh, don't say that. Writing dialogue the way people talk is not only a good idea, but your obligation. There's nothing worse than reading a story where characters deliver speech ...

Oh, come on now, people swear. Sometimes people tell me that I've used swearwords just to use swearwords, and hell, they may be right. Sometimes they just make a frase ...

Hmm. It looks like a set-up for a sitcom. In my cynical world, she would've been raped and killed. Then her friends would've been killed. Maybe raped? I give it ...

Alright, so I know we all got ideas that never see print. Mainly because we're never sure which ones are good, and which ones are bad. This activity will, I ...