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MARSHALL RYAN MARESCA

Category: heroes

Heroes, anti-heroes, and misaligned moral compasses

Posted on November 18, 2013

A degree or two off course doesn’t lead you wrong at first.  At least, not too wrong that you can’t self-correct. But eventually that wrong course, that misaligned compass, leads […]

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business of writing / heroes / process of writing / superheroes

Recognizing our Blind Spots

Posted on July 16, 2012

Every writer has their blind spots.  Weak points in their writing born from their style, their biases, their personal preferences.  For me, I know exactly what my big one is: […]

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business of writing / heroes / perils of the writer / process of writing / writers block / 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

Avengers Assemble: But more women next time, hmm?

Posted on May 7, 2012

This past weekend The Avengers went down in comic-book movie history.  It broke box-office records, making over $200 million in just one weekend.  More importantly, it was a success in […]

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