Remember how shocked you were when I put out a new podcast episode, after more than a year away?  Well get ready to be flabbergasted, becau...

As I update the old checklists, I thought it would also be good to take some time along the way to look deeper into irony. As we did with ...

Hi guys, I talk a lot about irony here and in my book, but I’ve never specifically focused on all the ironies in one story before. I just...

What I Liked About It: You won’t find a more intense emotional journey than this movie (although our next movie is a close second). Bette...

So we’ve established that Do the Right Thing has a very unique structure: L ike most stories, i t is about a large problem, but instead...

When stories seem meaningless, it is usually because they lack irony. When stories are especially powerful, you can be certain the author ...

This post and the last one break up and expand on this old post  in order to make it clear where each concept lands on the upcoming list of ...

Yesterday, we looked at the limited usefulness of intentionally ironic dialogue. There are, however, a few types of unintentional ironic d...

There are many types of ironic dialogue, some are intentional and others are unintentional. Sarcastic dialogue uses intentionally dising...

Yesterday we looked at the need for an Ironic Concept . When identifying your ironic concept, it’s tempting to look to the ending and show...

As I organized the book, one thing that become clear was how often I came back to the subject of irony. “Oh, by the way, this element has...

In the case of 12 Years a Slave , I foolishly did the one thing that always sabotages a movie for me: I read the book shortly before I saw...

Hey guys, the Narrative Breakdown podcast is back with a run of new episodes, and they were nice enough to ask me to drop by again. Toda...