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Deadly Sins of Screenwriting

Deadly Sins of Screenwriting

Art has month purposes, but its sacred one is to reveal truth. Greek mythology and the Bible all speak in stories. Aristotle uses the same word as St Paul to describe a crucial thing which underpins everything that makes us human and drives art: Hamartia. In The Poetics, Hamartia is

Russian Roulette for Writers: The Dramatic Dice

Russian Roulette for Writers: The Dramatic Dice

Drama is not for the shallow, or the fainthearted. A good play or movie should be like a good meal: it leaves you fulfilled. Feelgood “drama” without any chaos is like McDonalds: it temporarily gratifies, but leaves you feeling empty. Art should set your soul on fire, not anesthetize you

Murdering the President: Fighting for the Dark Soul of Drama

Murdering the President: Fighting for the Dark Soul of Drama

Majdanek Concentration Camp in Poland. Extermination camps exist in North Korea, and other communist shitholes. China runs “re-education camps” for people who need “re-training”.Pundits and critics the world over spend years of typing theses surrounding why audiences turn off from American-style melodrama. Let me save you the time: it’