Anatomy of Story

Thoughts on screenwriting and the movies

Prison Break

June 16, 2011June 16, 2011Anatomy of Story, character web, Prison Break, theme

I started watching Prison Break for the first time tonight. Four episodes later and my evening is gone. Not wasted, just gone although some may disagree. I was sorely tempted to put the next disc in and

Upping the Use of Symbols – Part 1

April 27, 2011April 27, 2011Anatomy of Story, badge, symbol, symbolic, symbols, Up

Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the movie Up, then what are you waiting for – hire it and watch it ASAP. This post doesn’t go into a detailed look at the plot, but it

August 31, 2010August 31, 2010Anatomy of Story, Save the Cat, screenwriting, The Moral Premise

I finished John Truby’s Anatomy of Story yesterday. It is quite a different read than Save the Cat! but still a very informative and valuable read. It doesn’t have the same conversational style or Blake’s

New Additions to the Library

August 17, 2010August 17, 2010Anatomy of Story, books, screenwriting, The Moral Premise

As a reward to myself for submitting my synopsis to the Marza Story Circus Competition, I ordered some screenwriting books off Amazon a couple of weeks ago. Well, they arrived today! I ordered Dr Stan D Williams’

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