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Love on the Spectrum: Understanding Subtext
October 3, 2021Learn to write great dialogue and complex subtext by looking where you might least expect it: Netflix’s charming reality...
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Life as a Writer: How to Build a Writing Lifestyle
September 4, 2021Jake shares professional tips for prioritizing your writing goals as well as personal experiences for how to create your...
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Ted Lasso: Is Your Screenplay Idea Good Enough?
August 21, 2021Learn from Ted Lasso how to take a “seen it before” idea, and turn it into a transcendent screenplay....
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Character Development Through Emotional Needs
August 7, 2021Learn to develop multidimensional characters that you and your reader can care about, by connecting to your primal emotional...
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How To Write a Logline
July 10, 2021Learn how to write the perfect logline for your movie or TV show by understanding the key elements of...
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Halston: How to write a likable main character
June 23, 2021Learn from Halston what makes a character likable and how to make an audience root for an “unlikable” main...
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WandaVision: Genre, Structure, Theme, Engine and Your Voice as a Writer
June 2, 2021Through a deep analysis of Wandavision’s genre, structure, theme and engine, Jake shows you how to apply the lessons...
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Up vs. Soul: What Theme is Driving Your Writing?
May 8, 2021How do you fulfill your destiny as a writer? Jake examines how Pete Docter explores this question in two...
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The Mandalorian: Where Hook Meets Engine
April 24, 2021Jake discusses the hook and engine of The Mandalorian, the structural, character and thematic challenges that limited the engine...