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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Thoughts On "Drag Me To Hell"
I just saw "Drag Me To Hell" tonight. Talk about a great example of how a well structured movie uses theme to craft a character's journey. Spoiler alert: If you haven't watched this movie yet, this might be a good time to dash out and see it. Then come on back and read all about it.
The theme of "Drag Me To Hell" is pretty simple: selfish desire leads to the soul's destruction. The film begins with a woman who is genuinely good. And step by step, the structure of the film quite literally drags her to hell-- not just through the terrible curse that she must contend with, but by causing her to make such immoral choices in her attempts to escape it that by the time it's all over, she just about deserves her fate...
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Ready to TRASH your whole Script? Not Until You Read This Article.
The other day, a student asked me a profound question. It's a problem faced by so many writers that I decided to include it and my answer in this month's newsletter.
What do you do when you're so fed up with your writing, you're ready to scrap your whole project?
Whoa! Pull those pages out of the trash can-- at least until you try these simple tricks to re-energize your writing and get your project rocking again...
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