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Concept artist Riccardo Moscatello explains how he uses gestures and poses.
By Anne Shaw Heinrich One of the things I enjoy most about interacting with people, observing them up close and from afar, is knowing that I don’t have the full story on anyone. No...
How to create a “Person on the Page” when that person is you By Dinty W. Moore I’ve been teaching memoir since dinosaurs roamed the planet (maybe an exaggeration) and one consisten...
I've been thinking a lot lately about ways to approach characters, including considering them in terms of their Enneagram type. How does a 4 see the world, compared to a 2? What wo...
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I don’t know about you, but for me, my goal as a writer is to move people emotionally. I want to find the core emotional truths in beats and in characters that ring so true that an...
Describe monsters instead of labelling them so every encounter with a monster is a unique and fresh experience. Ogres are scary. Even if a player watched previous characters battl...
Whether you’re drafting your very first short screenplay or you’re a seasoned veteran with half a dozen features under your belt, the time will always come for feedback on your wri...
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We’re here to tell you who all the Moonlight Peaks characters are, so you know who you’re talking to in town.
We have all sat through films where a character suddenly launches into a massive speech to explain their tragic past The post How Great Films Reveal Character without Explaining It...
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In the world of mystery and crime series fiction, there are plenty of all-stars—your Spades and Marlowes, Spensers and Reachers, Milhones and Scudders and Boschs. They’re the chara...
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