Plot

  • Movie News

Hollywood’s Four Classic Narrative Types, Part II: Hero Versus the World

The four narrative types established in my previous article, Celebratory, Cautionary, Tragic, and Cynical have one thing in common: they…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Follow These Screenwriting Steps To Steer Clear of Pesky Plot Holes

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Plot (plät)–the main events of…

7 years ago
  • Screenwriting

The Politics of Plot: What Liberal or Conservative Architecture is Your Narrative Constructed Upon?

One hears a great deal these days about the universal nature of story. It’s a gratifying conceit that deep down…

8 years ago