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Where Great Story Ideas Begin (opens the original)
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Paid subscribers get The Architecture of Your Story, a monthly one-hour class on structure with me: an award-winning writer, USC screenwriting professor, and creator of Storytelling Lab. You also get exclusive conversations with notables like award-winning writer Sadie Jones and Liz Dubelman, the genius behind The Write Kit. And let’s not forget a complete list of my Under the Radar films. A paid subscription will be the most worthwhile investment you’ll make this year.Subscribe now
APOLOGY TO SUBSCRIBERS (opens the original)
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My weekly newsletter went out prematurely. I can read and write, despite what you think after seeing that post!
10 Films That Changed the World (opens the original)
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If you read this newsletter, even infrequently, you know that films, whether writing them or watching them, are its central focus.I recently discovered that in 2016, the World Economic Forum selected ten films that they believe changed the world. As readers and filmgoers, we understand the power of a well-told story to shift our perspective, challenge our assumptions, and open us to ideas and experiences we might never otherwise encounter.When a film sparks a public reaction, laws and institutio
Write Without Writing (opens the original)
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At the end of this post, I’m going to share something precious and, apparently, hard to come by. If you use it and like it, I hope you’ll consider a paid subscription to support my work. Paid subscribers ($60 per year) will get access to my private one-to-one conversations with notables like award-winning writer Sadie Jones, a free “Ask Me Anything” session, a complete list of Under the Radar films, and more! Speaking of Under the Radar, this week’s film is als
Six Story Beats and a Prom (opens the original)
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I finished watching The Edge of Seventeen (I believe it appears in one of my Under the Radar lists), when I had a realization – not profound, but interesting, nonetheless.We Americans are the only culture in the world with a genre devoted to high school. Google it if you don’t believe me. We are the only nation on earth that fetishizes high school. We didn’t just discover teenagers; we invented them as a category. A group we could monetize.Obviously, teenagers existed before films. Frances Smith
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