Action-Reaction: The Order Matters
In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Lisa Poisso says how your characters act and react can strengthen or flatten your writing. "Everything in...
Advice for Analyzing Films
A new post on Industrial Scripts discusses film analysis, the skill of breaking down movies into their component parts to understand how they work,...
The Importance of Moral Character
In a post on the Killzone blog, James Scott Bell says that it's important for your characters to have moral character. "Character doesn’t come naturally,"...
Believability v. Realism
In a new blog post, Anne R. Allen says believability is much more important to fiction than realism. "If you want realism, read the...
What’s the Point? Every Story Element Should Have One
In a new post, Mary Carroll Moore tackles one of the most uncomfortable questions you might have about your novel: What's the point? "Writers ask...
Script Breakdown: ‘Encanto’
In a post on The Script Lab, Kole Lyndon Lee breaks down the script for the hit animated film Encanto, including how the opening...
Character Web Highlights Patrick Bateman’s Originality
In the latest article in their series on original characters, Industrial Scripts examines Slushpile-favorite American Psycho's Patrick Bateman.
Investment banker by day, ax murdered by...
Advice on Building and Releasing Tension
During an interview with the DIY MFA podcast, Fran Hawthorne talks about her new book I Meant To Tell You and how to delay the...
John Truby: How to Transcend Genre
During an interview with The Creative Penn podcast, John Truby discusses his new book, The Anatomy of Genres, and how transcending genre can improve...
Is There Such Thing as a GOOD Romantic Comedy?
Shakespeare did it, going back to Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night's Dream. A post on Industrial Scripts says the rom-com often devolves...
