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What is the difference between a trick ending and holding the greatest secrets until the end of a story?

What is the difference between a trick ending and holding the greatest secrets until the end of a story?

Aug 24, 2012 - 12:00 AM

How do the principles you teach apply to episode design vs. season design in a TV series?

How do the principles you teach apply to episode design vs. season design in a TV series?

Aug 23, 2012 - 12:00 AM

I work in advertising, so I could write a character that works in an advertising agency well. However, if I needed to write about a neurosurgeon, I have no idea about that. How could I research that world to stay true to it?

I work in advertising, so I could write a character that works in an advertising agency well. However, if I needed to write about a neurosurgeon, I have no idea about that. How could I research that world to stay true to it?

Aug 22, 2012 - 12:00 AM

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Using Chinatown as a model for act structure, the inciting incident could be when the fake Mrs. Mulwray comes, or when the real one comes?

Using Chinatown as a model for act structure, the inciting incident could be when the fake Mrs. Mulwray comes, or when the real one comes?

Aug 21, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Since a pilot deals with an over-arcing controlling idea, what should you include in a 30-minute pilot that is not necessarily a traditional sitcom?

Since a pilot deals with an over-arcing controlling idea, what should you include in a 30-minute pilot that is not necessarily a traditional sitcom?

Aug 20, 2012 - 12:00 AM

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When deciding on the value charge in a scene for a protagonist who changes sides in a war drama, whose point of view do you use? The protagonist? The audience? The writer?

When deciding on the value charge in a scene for a protagonist who changes sides in a war drama, whose point of view do you use? The protagonist? The audience? The writer?

Aug 17, 2012 - 12:00 AM

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I am having trouble keeping the concepts of unconscious desire, conscious desire, and need separated. How can I do so?

I am having trouble keeping the concepts of unconscious desire, conscious desire, and need separated. How can I do so?

Aug 16, 2012 - 12:00 AM

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Can you name a film in which the author understands what the character wants but the character does not, and in which the author leads the audience through everything?

Can you name a film in which the author understands what the character wants but the character does not, and in which the author leads the audience through everything?

Aug 15, 2012 - 12:00 AM

I am mainly concerned with the novel. On-the-nose dialog (or action) bores the audience. Subtext can lose them if too subtle. Do you have any guidance on the proper balance between them?

I am mainly concerned with the novel. On-the-nose dialog (or action) bores the audience. Subtext can lose them if too subtle. Do you have any guidance on the proper balance between them?

Aug 14, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Wouldn’t giving comedy characters unconscious desires make them too complex and kill some of the funny dialogue that can come from such characters speaking their minds without searching their thoughts?

Wouldn’t giving comedy characters unconscious desires make them too complex and kill some of the funny dialogue that can come from such characters speaking their minds without searching their thoughts?

Aug 13, 2012 - 12:00 AM

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