Showing who your protagonist is as a person in the opening of your story.

Fantasy & World Music by the Fiechters: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjMZjGhrFq_4llVS_x2XJ_w

Ukrainian Folk Music - Ukrainian Village:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2iwuJaAOY

Halloween Music - Howl of the Werewolves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNv7Bl9mvUo

Halloween Music - Werewolf Castle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33KEW9XiMb8&t=1s

Garrison's Gorillas - Episode 01: The Big Con:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eti6R_KAgBo&t=247s

The pictures and video in this podcast are for educational purposes. DJ Finley doesn't own the rights to these properties.

High Guardian Spice has no throughline, no plan, no point. Out of all the issues, DJ Finley and Essi narrowed it down to a few key problems common in many writers' groups.

Disney-Marvel continues to put spectacle over substance. Shang-Chi is a fast-paced marble track of movement that resolves at a mind-splitting conclusion. DJ Finley and Essi explain why.

The Critical Drinkers plot synopsis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLJGVikolJs

Don't forget to check out "The Girl with Ghost Eyes," by M. H. Boroson. 

Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors is one of the hardest plays to mess up.

The Utah Shakespeare Festival decided to do Shakespeare's histories in order and Richard III shows why context is important to understand character motivation.

Audio clip from Directing for Animation with Scott Wiser, episode 20 with Brian McDonald.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz0pXCPzrfI&t=1416s

Shakespeare's Pericles performed by The Utah Shakespeare Festival 2021. The festival is celebrating its 60th anniversary, in this year's playbill is the lesser-known play, Pericles about the king of Tyre who faces adversity from the gods. 

The Utah Shakspeare Festival website

https://secure.bard.org/Online/default.asp

The official trailer for High Guardian Spice dropped recently and... Oh Boy. It's as embarrassing as people predicted.

However, it begs the question of where is the line between unique and cliche? As well as how to avoid sounding like everything that came before?

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Welcome back to the Show, Rayne. Here to discuss the mummy as a character, some things to consider when writing a mummy.

All ideas discussed are free to use so don't be shy. 

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Music for this episode this from Fantasy & World Music by the Fiechters songs: Ancient Egyptian Music - Prince of Egypt and Beautiful Jungle Music - Amazon Rainforest.  Follow them on YouTube they write great stuff! 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjMZjGhrFq_4llVS_x2XJ_w

Copyright Disclaimer, This episode features segments from the book The People Code by Dr. Tayler Hartman. These segments are being used for educational purposes only and DJ Finley does not claim ownership of them.

Personality is the deciding factor on how your character acts and reacts to what's happening. A character's personality will also decide what pattern of behavior they will show throughout the story.

For more information about The People Code check out Dr. Tayler Hartman's book.

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So what's happening with Horror? DJ Finley discusses the currant state of the Monster Movie genre with horror fan Rayne. Along with this discussion DJ Finley and Rayne talk about the 2015 TV adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde.

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