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Who’s Got the Problem Now?

How to use “Who’s Got the Problem Now?” (and its [...]

By Graham|December 28, 2025|Categories: Essays|Tags: Character Development, Narrative Perspective, Practical|3 Comments

We Read Bodies, Not Minds

We read bodies, not minds. Don’t rely on dialogue [...]

By Graham|December 28, 2025|Categories: Essays|Tags: Character Development, Contradiction and Coherence, Psychology, Writing Cinematically|1 Comment

Truth, Reality, and the Story World

Navigating and exploiting the multiple realities of story worlds. [...]

By Graham|December 28, 2025|Categories: Essays|Tags: Narrative Structure, Philosophy, Psychology|Comments Off

Theory of Mind

Guessing what other people are thinking is an instinctive [...]

By Graham|December 28, 2025|Categories: Essays|Tags: Character Development, Psychology, Withholding to Reveal|1 Comment

The Originality Paradox

The harder you consciously strive to be original, the [...]

By Graham|December 28, 2025|Categories: Essays|Tags: Practical, Process, Provocation|1 Comment

The Kuleshov Effect

How a cinematic experiment led to a fundamental element [...]

By Graham|December 28, 2025|Categories: Essays|Tags: Philosophy, Psychology, Withholding to Reveal|2 Comments

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