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Bev and Jess’ Collaboration
Bev and Jess’ Collaboration By Beverly Nault and Jessica Spring Brown Happy December! Happy End-of-Year fellow writers! JESS: Bev and I wanted to try something different with the PSA newsletter which we share month by month. We decided to collaborate this month...
read moreAre There Story Rules?
Besides the technical rules pertaining to things like grammar, spelling, and rhetoric, here are 7 essential rules that are crucial for the function of storytelling, regardless of cultural or story structural differences (Western vs. Eastern, or other global...
read moreIN HONOR OF CLEANING OUT YOUR CLOSET
In Honor of Cleaning Out Your ClosetBy Carlo Dall'Olmo I was contemplating my story the other day after having gone through a reading of it, trying to figure out how to do the next rewrite. I say “contemplating” because really what I was doing was surfing the net. I...
read moreThe Craft of Scene Writing: Beat by Beat to a Better Script, by Jim Mercurio review by Beverly Nault
The Craft of Scene Writing: Beat by Beat to a Better Script, by Jim Mercurio, published 2019, 361 pages Review by Beverly Nault “The notion that a scene is a story in and of itself is not merely a clever paradigm; it is a fundamental truth about the nature of...
read moreTools of the Trade: AI or I? AI and I?
AI or I? AI and I? by Jessica Brown How do you AI? Most people right now think the great debate is between the Republicans and the Democrats. They argue about which side of the aisle you should be on. But did you know that there is another great debate going on?...
read moreTHAT’S HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES
That's How the Cookie Crumbles By Carlo Dall'Olmo Writing is no easy task. Let's start there. It's just not. No matter what anyone says, it takes an immense amount of dedication and a knowledge (born through many failed attempts) of structure that over time becomes...
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