The balance of adventure and home.

Has everything been Animal Farmed?

The five-year-old inside us all.

Suspense sways history.

Fairytale endings for non-fairy tales.

The foundation of all good storytelling.

How telling a story is like building a bridge.

The search for objective standards.

Preserve the extraordinary.

Even the adult ones.

It's the mood.

Everything builds to this.

Sometimes boredom is just what your story needs.

Hook the audience with suffering.

Fleshed-out characters can be too fat for your story.

Are mustache-twirling villains more true to life?

Don’t be so quick to judge.

Louis from Casablanca is a monster. And everybody likes him.

Why every main character should be Oliver Twist.

An analysis of analysis and some feelings about feelings.