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Showing posts with label The Martian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Martian. Show all posts
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Rulebook Casefile: Cutting Out the Downhill Side of The Martian

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It haunts me still, that baffling dismissal I got from my manager: “At a certain point it all rolls downhill .” I’ve spent years trying to...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Rulebook Casefile: Foreshadowing Too Much in The Martian

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Now let’s look at one aspect of The Martian that was stronger in the book than the movie, and figure out why. I saw the movie first, and ...
Monday, February 08, 2016

Storyteller’s Rulebook: Never Let Anyone Compliment Your Hero

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One of the many charges that was leveled against The Force Awakens was that of Mary Sue-ism. Wikipedia defines a “Mary Sue” as “an ideal...
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Sunday, February 07, 2016

Best of 2015, #2: The Martian

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I have so much to say about this movie that I’ll spend the week on it, but, as with the other movies, let’s start with a rule it exemplifi...
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Matt Bird
Evanston, Illinois, United States
My book "The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers", from Writer's Digest Press, is available in all fine bookstores. I have an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University.
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