Why a misunderstood character can be very useful. Featuring Cheryl Klein and Matt Bird!
Check out Cheryl’s The Magic Words, and Matt Bird’s The Secrets of Story — the best creative writing books of the year. Yes, we’re a bit biased but it’s true!
Mentioned in this episode:
The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults
Ghostbusters’ New Villain Is Straight out of Reddit, and It’s Glorious
Harry Potter
Five Times Severus Snape Was Misunderstood
Spiderman 2’s Dock Ock was just Misunderstood
Matt’s analysis of How I Met Your Mother
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More about this show, for new listeners: This is a creative writing podcast and a screenwriting podcast. In The Narrative Breakdown, Cheryl Klein, James Monohan, and other guest co-hosts discuss storytelling tips and techniques of interest to any writer, student, or fan of quality creative writing, screenwriting, playwriting, fan fiction, English literature, etc. Each episode, Cheryl and James draw upon their respective experiences in publishing and filmmaking to analyze popular novels, movies, plays, television shows, short stories, and song lyrics. Featuring various co-hosts and writers, as well as material from Cheryl Klein’s book ‘Second Sight’ and James’ iPhone app ‘The Storyometer.’
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