Sitemap - 2023 - Writing Without Rules: Deep Dives
‘Doctor Who’ Messes with the Canon
‘Gen V’ and Knowing When to Fold ‘Em
‘Love Potion No. 9’: The Greatest Trick Ever Played
‘Blue Beetle’ and The Benefits of Taking Your Time
Three Minutes of Emotional Devastation
‘No Hard Feelings’ and Fearing Your Premise
‘Lupin’ and Boring Uber Competence
'Moonlighting' and The Memory Hole
‘No One Will Save You’ and The Big Swing
‘Dredd’ and The Laziest Set Dressing of All Time
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ and Respecting Your Audience
‘Minx’ and the Danger of Rushing Things. Also: Dongs.
‘Clock’: Character Motivation and the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
‘The Nice Guys’ and Character Work
‘Oppenheimer’ and the Pulsing Soundtrack of Doom
Announcing Writing Without Rules: From the Notebook
‘Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One’ and Tone Management
‘Yellowjackets’ and Using Weaponized Uncertainty
‘They Cloned Tyrone’ and The Power of a Vague Setting
‘WarGames’ and Driving Plot with Information
‘The Bear’ and The Joy of Competence
‘M3gan’ and The Villain Shuffle
‘John Wick Chapter 4’: There’s No Strength in Your Numbers
‘Violent Night’ and Wasting Ideas
‘Black Mirror: Joan is Awful’ and The Lecture
Midge Maisel and Supervillain Origin Stories
‘The Diplomat’ and Character Grit
‘Silo’: A Three’s Company Story
I Am ‘Ted Lasso’s’ Total Lack of Surprise
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: Allow Me to Introduce Myself
The One Great Idea in the Snyderverse
Mythic Quest and the Awkward, Forced, Unhappy Art of the Reset
‘The Last of Us’ Redux: Signposts
‘Party Down’ and the Appeal of Failure
‘Last Night’ by Morgan Wallen: The Algorithm is Winning
‘Skinamarink’ and Creeping, Dreadful Minimalism
‘Smile,’ ‘It Follows,’ and the Power of Gaze
‘Severance’ and Missing the Forest for the Trees
‘Alice, Darling’ and the Importance of Rhythm
Entering the Lassoverse: When Conflict-Free Works
‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ and the Woman Problem
Black Adam: A Problem of Stakes
'The Menu': The Lampshade, It Does Nothing!
'Mammals' and the Fine Art of Foreshadowing