Pot Plants Invade Wisconsin and Alternate That Plot Structure
carriejonesbooks Last week, maybe a week ago, maybe 82 years ago, who knows, we talked about alternative plot structures. Much of American film and novels is built on what’s considered to…
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It is Ok to be Weird, Plus Pollyanna Principle and Negative Bias
I tried to talk about these things. Shaun kept talking about toilet paper. This is what our live podcasts have come to. So many links we referenced this go around.…
No cow cuddles, no brain worms: Do you want to be happy?
Do you want to be happy? It’s a question philosopher Sebastian Purcell asks his students every year. Do you want to be happy? For Purcell being happy has a lot…
Celestial Bodies, Sexy Knees and Story Structure via Robert McKee
You can learn a lot about culture by how it looks at what makes a good story and a good story structure. In Western culture right now, we tend to…
How Not to be a Butt-Hole in Real Life and on the Page
So building a sympathetic character on the page is a lot like being a sympathetic character in real life. This sympathetic character is basically the opposite of a butt-hole. There’s…