The classic three act story structure — a setting and character setup followed by a confrontation that ends in a resolution — is popular among writers in all media. But ditching this convention, ...

This is an excerpt of a piece written by former NPR editor Jonathan Kern. It has been lightly edited. One of the under-appreciated challenges in putting a radio report together is ensuring that the ...

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“Despite huge changes in the technology of news, the structure of a story today doesn’t look hugely different from one in, say, 1932.” At the risk of sounding self-serving (you’ll see why below), ...

I’ve always wondered how they do it. The famous directors who craft the events in a movie so perfectly that the viewers feel like they’ve seen everything they’ve needed to see, to be part of, and live ...

If you hear the words “once upon a time,” you might guess that you’re hearing the beginning of a child’s fairy tale. And if you hear the words “and they all lived happily ever after,” you know you’ve ...

This blog post originally appeared on Film Independent‘s blog and appears here with the permission of the author. The following is a true story. I did a script coaching session for someone I’ll call ...