First and Last
Let’s do an exercise; Pick a movie or comic you enjoy. Doesn’t have to be your favorite—something you’ve memorized since you were fifteen—just something you’re familiar with… ok, got it? […]
Author: Nick
Symbolism
Symbolism is an advanced level of subtext that can be applied to virtually any aspect of story telling. Adding it to a script pushes your brawler of a script to […]
More Tips on Hiring Talent
These days hiring talent is as easy as pushing a button… not losing or wasting your money can be a little more challenging. Here are a few tips to keep […]
Know Your Story
I wanted to sit down and write a synopsis of the sample story from Storycraft for Comics, “Robot Kids.” It goes a little something like this; Centuries ago, in a […]
Kill Phone Calls and Texts – TIP
When you goto a movie, do you prefer the actor writes a joke on paper and holds it up to the camera OR tells it to another character? Get rid […]
Goals NOT Problems
You’ll often hear people who teach writing emphasize a story’s “problem.” They say there’s no story without a central problem. Well, Captain Obvious says, “of course a story needs a […]
Delayed Inciting Incident
Your inciting incident or story catalyst is the event or occurrence that change’s the main character’s existing paradigm and allows the story to take place. Everything before the inciting incident […]
Throughlines: Threads of the Story Tapestry
Ok, so you’ve got a futuristic, dystopic, anime-inspired, story idea for a script, with male and female MC leads… They start off cold towards each other and eventually fall in […]
You are a Mirror – TIP
Eat a bunch of crappy food and you’ll get fat, won’t be able to function optimally and eventually have health problems… Why do you think it works any different with […]
Overcoming Writer’s Block
Lot’s of folks complaining of writer’s block lately. Allow me to tell you two stories. “Dave Cant and Joe Donwanna are avid backpackers and survivalists. In an effort to prepare […]