Bug Hunt: A Practical Example of the Hollywood Method – Part 3
Okay, okay. Unlike the last time I tried to analyse Act 2, Part 1, I’m actually writing this during the day, so I won’t get the urge to nod off before …
Bug Hunt: A Practical Example of the Hollywood Method – Part 2
If you treat the Hollywood Formula as gospel, then James Cameron must be a sinner. By the end of Act One in the movie Aliens, he’s only identified one of the Formula’s …
Bug Hunt: A Practical Example of the Hollywood Method – Part 1
A few weeks ago, I caught an episode of the brilliant Writing Excuses podcast in which the hosts invited Lou Anders to talk about what he (and Dan Decker, whom …