“Political correctness” is an unfortunately-named shorthand description for how we talk about gender, race, privilege, and more. As it applies to stories like movies and TV, questions can arise about how certain tropes, characters, or stereotypes…
Why Do We Spend So Much Time Watching Food? – Episode 081
- November 16, 2016
- Tagged as: chef, eat pray love, garlic and sapphires, indiana jones and the temple of doom, julie and julia, kitchen confidential, lady and the tramp, last tango in paris, moonstruck, my life in france, ratatouille, the boy who harnessed the wind, the long winter, the marinara murders, wild, willy wonka and the chocolate factory
Food is everywhere in movies, TV, and books. Why does the camera linger so much on a grilled cheese sandwich in the movie Chef? Why do meals create such good drama? In preparation for Thanksgiving, Brent…
Writers don’t often talk about failure. But, almost by definition, writers will fail either artistically or commercially at some point. As Brent says, how we deal with failure determines whether we will be a successful artist. Your…
“Write what you know” is common advice to new writers. But is it always a good idea? Brent and Erik take different sides and look at what it means for writers and for the stories…