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Watching Joker was a deeply uncomfortable experience for me...especially when I found myself rooting for Arthur. What makes flawed characters more compelling as protagonists, and how are storytellers the empathy teachers of the world?

Stop racking your brain overthinking how to solve your plot holes. Spider Man 3 proves that often, the simplest solution is the best one.

Malcolm & Marie is an insanely gripping film for its simplicity. What storytelling lessons can we steal from this film about how to create better emotional immersion for your story?

Tropes and cliches exist because people have proven they like stories that follow specific patterns. But when you rely only on tropes and cliches to make your story strong, you're in trouble.

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God shows us how to use symbolism throughout your story to make it get under your readers' skin.

The stories that are truly engaging make us think as audience members. Learn how to write with enough ambiguity to keep your audience intrigued without being confused.

Who knew a TV show could teach you business? Learn these key lessons from the TV show From about pushing through discouragement to succeed in your creative career.

Is not being able to afford the most expensive technology a barrier to creating quality films or videos?

Carrying stories is exhausting and all-consuming soul work. What is the foundation that keeps us storytellers going when we are tired and burnt out?

Want to change the world? Learn how to tell stories. This is why storytellers will be the ones to save the world.

Dr. Who taught me to dream...then life taught me to let go. What do we do when the dreams we work so hard to achieve die?

Speaking your truth in public and putting yourself out there through storytelling is met with a lot of resistance in this world. My childhood Boogeyman almost convinced me not to tell stories. This is how I defied him.