| A Story is a Promise |
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| Essays on the Craft of Writing |
| I've created a site on YouTube called Oregon Writers Speak. It includes two clips by Elizabeth Lyon speaking about writing query letters and writing with voice and myself speaking about deep characterization. |
| About the Author |
Movie Reviews
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A Story is a Promise and the Spirit of Storytelling is
now available from Amazon Kindle for $2.99, and also available on
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I review the following movies and their story structure:
- Groundhog Day
- The Usual Suspects
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Toto le hero
- Die Hard
- Lethal Weapon
- Chinatown, Part One
- Chinatown, Part Two
- L. A. Confidential
- Seven, Part One
- Seven, Part Two
- Shawshank Redemption
- From Simplicity to Complexity
- Conscious Storytelling
- Book of Revelations A review of Run, Lola, Run. Top of page
The following are columns originally written for Screentalk, the International Magazine of Screenwriting.
A review of Mulholland Drive that explores how this complex story was built on a foundation of simple ideas.
A review of the structure of Memento and how going back in time can advance a story.