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A Love Letter to William Herondale
My coworker has been asking me to read Cassandra Clare's The Infernal Devices trilogy for quite some time. I tried her original...
Carrie Nelson
Apr 26, 20228 min read
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What Fullmetal Alchemist Can Teach Us about Writing Great Fight Scenes: Part III
If we think of this fight sequence as a complete story, we've reached the "Dark Night of the Soul," moment. Things have gotten as dark as...
Carrie Nelson
Mar 10, 20225 min read
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What Fullmetal Alchemist Can Teach Us about Writing Great Fight Scenes: Part II
Picking up where we left off . . . Mustang and Hawkeye head down the bell tower and find a car so they can meet up with Havoc and Barry....
Carrie Nelson
Feb 18, 20227 min read
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: An Ecstatic Review
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is not a perfect book. It is, however, a very good book, and damn if it didn't make me feel something....
Carrie Nelson
Jan 30, 20224 min read
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What Fullmetal Alchemist Can Teach Us About Writing Great Fight Scenes: Part 1
When I teach workshops on creative writing, I try to reference stories most of my students will be familiar with. . . Star Wars. . ....
Carrie Nelson
Dec 16, 20216 min read
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Common Misconceptions about Character Arcs
I recently taught a workshop on Creating Character Arcs, and in preparing for it, I threw myself deep into the craft of storytelling so...
Carrie Nelson
Nov 16, 20213 min read
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Dune: A Disappointed Review
I haven't been this excited about a movie in a long time. I guess Avengers: End Game was the last one. I went and saw it by myself at...
Carrie Nelson
Oct 30, 20215 min read
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How to Decide Which Screenwriting Book Is Right for You
Tips for helping you decide what screenwriting books on craft you should read out of the dozens that are so often recommended.
Carrie Nelson
Sep 19, 20212 min read
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The World of the Words: The Relationship between Setting and Dialogue
This blog post explores the relationship between dialogue and setting and why some words are more suited for certain worlds than others.
Carrie Nelson
Sep 10, 20213 min read
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Common Screenwriting Mistakes Part III: Parentheticals
If you've never read a screenplay before, you've never seen a parenthetical before. It's a formatting device used exclusively in...
Carrie Nelson
Aug 30, 20212 min read
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