Seven Secrets Of Highly Creative Writers

Ways to effortlessly generate ideas--and why this is vital to your career.

ADVICE About Downloadable Dictionaries

Discusses ways to benefit the most from electronic dictionaries

Screenwriting: The Incredibles (2004) Deconstructed

Understanding Story Structure and the Hero's Journey by deconstructing modern, successful stories...

Setting Your Novel: There's Gold in Your Own Backyard

Writing about the places we know best can show others what's unique and interesting about our little piece of the world.

Screenwriting Magazine: Hero's Journey; Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire

However, after the near death experience, it is not unusual for the hero to undergo another, more significant trial. In other words, the near-death-experience usually involves two trials.

Heroes Journey: Farewell to the Old Self

Once the hero has completed the Transformation (also known as the stage of the Road of Trials), he says goodbye to his Old Self and welcomes his New Self.

Film and Screenwriting Course; Hero's Journey - Polarization

Once the Hero has entered the World of the Transformation, there tends to be a specific sequence polarizing the hero from his antagonisms.

Screenwriting and the Hero's Journey: The Antagonist's Mentor

One often forgotten aspect of good screenplays and stories is the Mentor of both the Antagonist and the Supernatural Aid.

Communication Skills: We Are Not All Fortunate To Be Able To Talk Fluently

There are many people in the world who have problems with their communication. In this article I concentrate on the specific speech impediment called stuttering.

Why Some People Speak More

Let's discover it.

Story Structure - The Value of a Shape Shifter

Most successful stories and screenplays include a shape shifter. The shape shifter has many functions including:

Refusing The Hero's Journey : Screenwriting Tips, Tricks and Tools

One critical element of the hero's journey is Refusal. If the hero is willing, then refusal often comes in the form of an interdiction and / or warning. If the hero is naturally unwilling, then an unbearable antagonism often pushes the hero into the adventure.

The Hero's Journey and Screenwriting: The Hero's True Nature

One element of the Call to Adventure is the demonstration of the Hero's (or Anti-Hero's ) True Nature. Equally, it is important to demonstrate the nature of the antagonist as a polar force.

Hero's Journey - The Hero, Heroine and The Challenges

The Hero’s Journey is THE template upon which most successful stories and screenplays are built upon. There are at least 188 stages to this journey. This article simply analyses the hero archetype. As a sample, let’s use the Academy Award Winner Best Film 2004 – Million Dollar Baby.

Indian Journalism

New Era of Indian Journalism