What does Lady Gaga’s performance in A Star is Born teach us about characters in stories having solo scenes?
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What is that internal conflict in the heart of your character’s psyche?
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Joshua and Adam look back on the best episodes from the last year as they celebrate their 50th episode!
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What happens when the way a character sees their actions profoundly changes?
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If you have a public life, a private life and a secret life, what’s your secret life?
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A guided meditation to maximize your creativity! Our gift to you!
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What can we tell immediately about a story from the very opening? Hint: It matters!
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What does someone’s personal hero tell us about them? And why does it matter in storytelling?
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What does it mean to have a layered character, story, perspective?
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What do characters’ carry from their pasts and why does it matter?
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Characters presented with complex choices form the bedrock of great stories.
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How do we become conscious of the forces in our lives that make us more or less creative?
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What does couples splitting up over whether to have a kid have to do with storytelling? A lot.
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What is the creative process at its most basic daily structure?
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When you don’t feel like being creative, how do you get in the mood to be creative?
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Just like you and I, characters have hopes and dreams. Fears and secrets. You must know them!
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What do binaries (city vs country person) tell us about where a character starts in a story? And where they end up?
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When good dialogue goes bad. What happens?
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What happens to your characters in the space in between the actual scenes that wind up on the page? It’s worth considering.
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Thinking of a creative project in phases can bring enormous freedom to your creative process.
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