The Writer's Table
J. Penberth RaboldWelcome to The Writer’s Table. A space for writers, storytellers, and anyone who’s ever picked up a pen (or slammed their laptop shut in frustration). Writing is hard. Coffee helps. Community makes it better. Pull up a chair. Let’s write.
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4 Reasons Your Rough Draft Is Supposed To Suck
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Your rough draft is terrible.
You know it. You can feel it every time you read it back. The dialogue is clunky. The pacing drags. Characters say things no human would actually say. Scenes that felt bri...
The difference between mystery and confusion in screenwriting
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When To Reveal Information is everything…
When writing your script, the question isn’t whether to reveal information. It’s WHEN.
Reveal too early, and you kill tension. We know the answer befor...
The Scene That Tells You Everything
How to find the one scene that contains your entire thematic argument
You’ve read your script twenty times.
The First Draft Is You Telling Yourself The Story
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I spent 20 years writing first drafts for an imaginary audience.
Trying to impress people who weren’t reading it yet. Polishing sentences before I knew what the scene was about. Making sure every page...
The “And Then” vs. “Therefore” Story Test
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Read your outline out loud.
If you keep saying “and then” between beats, you have a list of events. Not a story.
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Writer, storyteller, and full-time wrangler of words (and kids). Chronicling the chaos of turning ideas into novels and screenplays, one coffee-fueled keystroke at a time. Welcome to the behind-the-scenes of my literary adventures!
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