When I used to teach screenwriting classes, I'd start all the lectures with a Looney Tunes cartoon. This wasn't because I love them, though I do, it was because they're perfect short films to study.

As the hype for GTA 6 grows, most fans wish Rockstar could revisit the emotional resonance and storytelling excellence of Red Dead Redemption 2. RDR2 didn't merely narrate a story, it engaged the ...

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Kurt Vonnegut was many things: novelist, satirist, teacher. Above all, he was a master storyteller. His now-famous lecture on the shape of stories reveals principles that go far beyond literature.

From bedtime tales to writing critiques, my lessons in storytelling and life came from my dad. I got my start writing at a young age — in fourth grade to be exact, although it likely began earlier — ...

This year, we revived the “WriteLane” podcast and got to listen as the Tampa Bay Times’ Lane DeGregory and retired editor Maria Carrillo spoke with winners of the 2025 Poynter Journalism Prizes about ...

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He’s a BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated screenwriter (often collaborating with director Ang Lee on such films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Taking Woodstock). He’s CEO of one of the surviving ...