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MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA

Category: formula

Archetypes, Rituals and Tropes

Posted on December 3, 2012

First of, let me say I’m going to be talking about Cabin in the Woods here.  So, because this is a movie that it matters for: there will be SPOILERS […]

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Cabin in the Woods / failure / formula / horror / process of writing / structure / tools of the writers / tropes

Perils of the Writer: The Slow Process of Getting the Ball Rolling

Posted on November 1, 2012

¡Feliz día de los muertos!  We’re now in November, which for some writerly types, means NaNoWriMo, aka Nation Novel Writing Month.  If you aren’t in the know, participants pledge to […]

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formula / outlining / perils of the writer / plotting / process of writing / tools of the writers / twelve part structure / worldbuilding / writing

Reliability: The Writer’s Most Crucial Trait

Posted on September 27, 2012

Back at the ArmadilloCon Writers’ Workshop, one piece of advice I felt comfortable dispensing to the crowd of students was about any social media presence they might have.  Namely, I […]

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business of writing / formula / genre / perils of the writer / workshop / writing

Avengers and Twelve-Part Structure

Posted on May 14, 2012

I had been thinking about movies and the studio-system’s somewhat slavish devotion to “three act structure”, which more and more I’m seeing as a big problem in modern cinema, and […]

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Avengers / comics / formula / heroes / outlining / plotting / process of writing / structure / superheroes / twelve part structure / writing

Wheels within wheels

Posted on February 9, 2012

Part of looking at the big picture means not only making plans for further installments, but making sure that those further installments also involve good plotting and storytelling.*  The series […]

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formula / long-term plans / plotting / process of writing / series / structure / twelve part structure / writing

Structure vs. formula

Posted on March 7, 2011

There is always going to be the great Planner vs. Pantser argument amongst writers.  Of late, I’ve been seeing threads of hostility amongst the planners towards the pantsers.  Not open […]

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formula / outlining / plotting / process of writing / structure / writing

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