Deep dives into modern screenwriting, visual storytelling, and how AI is reshaping the creative process.
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Speculative fiction rooted in Black and Indigenous perspectives, research, center the perspective, let culture drive the world.
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Obstacles, time, resources, when the journey has to go through the world, the story feels grounded.
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Use the nine types to define core fears and desires so every character has an engine. Not a box to stuff people into, a way to ask the right questions before you write.
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The conflictual leader perfect for drama and thriller. How to write the 8 so they feel inevitable, not like a cartoon bully, fear, desire, and one moment of vulnerability.
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Use the Shadow archetype to create an antagonist who is thematically tied to the hero, same want, different path, so the conflict is internal as well as external.
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Diagnose and fix a hero who is pulled by the plot instead of driving it. Give them a want, put choices in their hands, and use the midpoint to turn reactive into active.
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Integrate a character's traumatic past organically, through behavior and avoidance, not exposition. How to make wounds feel earned and specific.
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The gap between what the character chases and what would actually fix them. How to build want and need so the climax lands.
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