Games Writers Play
Mikhail SaburovEvery Sunday, I take apart a great scene or a piece of writing advice to see what psychological mechanism is actually doing the work — and what’s just writers’ folklore. Steal whatever survives. (Plus cat photos. Just because)
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WRITE OR WRONG: “Make Your Protagonist Relatable”
Long breakdowns are fun. Long breakdowns are informative. No one wants to read long breakdowns.
And hey. I get it. There's a time and a place for the diner and its six-egg omelet, and for the tapas bar, where all the food fits in a chi...
Inglourious Basterds: How to Write Suspense Without Dramatic Irony
If I wake you up in the middle of the night, asking how to write suspense, I’m confident your answer would be – use dramatic irony. That recipe became something of a staple. And for good reason: it does work. But there are other, perhaps mo...
TIME TO CATCH UP
What’ve you got going this week? Work, more work, less work? Or maybe you don’t have trauma pushing you toward improbable career aspirations?..
Whatever it is, I’d love to throw some analysis your way. It’s quite good.
Thanks for r...
Obsession: Side-by-Side
You know I’m not a fan of Obsession. But maybe I’m a fan of obsessing over Obsession, because why else would I break it down twice?
Truth is I want to try a slightly different format just to spice things up a bit – a side-by side analysis...
Terminator 2: How to Write a Perfect Perpetrator
We’ve been warned.
A prophet spoke 35 years ago.
AI will be the end of the human race.
But don’t worry.
“We’ll be back.”
It’s the Terminator 2’s 35th anniversary.
Do you really need me to say more?
THE GOVERNATOR IS BACK...
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Screenwriter, AFI Directing alum. Every Sunday, I take apart a great scene or a piece of writing advice to see what psychological mechanism is actually doing the work — and what’s just writers’ folklore. Steal what survives.
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