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Promises Conventions Obligatory Scenes and Genre

January 23, 2025January 24, 2025 nickmac

Grab a coffee, we’re gonna be here for a bit with this one. I was actually planning to put this on my paid member site, Story To Script, but decided […]

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Master Theme, Secondary Themes and Character Arcs

July 13, 2019 Nick

In the article More on Master Theme, I talk about the necessity of running a Master Theme in your story and some of the common mistakes working with secondary themes. […]

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Surprise and Foreshadowing

January 20, 2019June 9, 2019 Nick

Surprise is the lifeblood of story. In Maximizing your Turns, I talk a bit about foreshadowing your turns—actually foreshadowing the opposite of your turns to make them more dramatic. But […]

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Fix your Flashbacks

January 5, 2019June 8, 2019 Nick

Building Flashbacks into a story is like setting high explosive charges–effective when used properly, potentially disastrous in inexperienced hands. When I see a script from a new writer that contains […]

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How Many Acts – TIP

September 16, 2018June 9, 2019 Nick

Stories have a beginning, middle and end. 3 Acts. Like a pizza, you can cut these three acts into as many parts as you want. Run a 4 act, 5 […]

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Point of View and Captions

September 15, 2018June 8, 2019 Nick

Though captions in modern comics are generally a shadow of their former self, in my book they’re still an indispensable tool for the comic writer. Of course captions (CAP) deliver […]

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The Super Trifecta

July 22, 2018June 8, 2019 Nick

These days, amateur writers are under the impression that they can write about nothing as long as it’s “written well”. That the story engine is less important than trendy subjects […]

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Story Checklist

July 18, 2018June 9, 2019 Nick

You’ll often hear me equate writing to cooking, in that for a dish to come out well, you need the right ingredients, in the right amounts, in the right order. […]

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Effective Subplots

June 23, 2018June 8, 2019 Nick

Subplots are integral to deep, rich stories and a mainstay in the serial comic. What exactly is a subplot? From Storycraft  for Comics; Subplots are smaller, specific story arcs within […]

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6 Things Done Best In Comics

September 23, 2017February 12, 2021 Nick

Comics are an incredible medium, art from the in-between space. Visual like movies, yet driven by words. Pictures powered by prose. Having read comics for over 35 years, I’ve seen […]

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