The Story Toolkit

This week we discuss the touching LOGAN, the final film of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy. End interview segment from IGN.

This week we discuss the unfortunate problems in the WONDER WOMAN film. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

This week we discuss the unfortunate problems in the WONDER WOMAN film. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

We celebrate one year of podcasting with an examination of the beloved Shane Black film THE NICE GUYS! Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

We celebrate one year of podcasting with an examination of the beloved Shane Black film THE NICE GUYS! Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

This week we examine ARRIVAL and how, despite its intriguing and well-made examination of a hypothetical alien first contact situtation, it lacks any real substance. We also compare how it surprasses recent, less effective attempts at hard sci-fi: INTERSTELLAR and THE MARTIAN, but falls short of the excellent GRAVITY. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

This week we examine ARRIVAL and how, despite its intriguing and well-made examination of a hypothetical alien first contact situtation, it lacks any real substance. We also compare how it surprasses recent, less effective attempts at hard sci-fi: INTERSTELLAR and THE MARTIAN, but falls short of the excellent GRAVITY. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

This week we talk STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE and THE FLASH and the form of syndiated television writing and how the necessities of that form have changed due to technology. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

3:50 - ‘Premise’ - Outlining DEEP SPACE NINE.

4:50 - ‘Form’ - Breaking down the format of episodic television.

19:25 - ‘A Story’- Outlining examples of a DEEP SPACE NINE A story.

34:15 - ‘B/C Story’ - Discussing further examples of a B/C story.

41:35 - ‘Soap’ - Breaking down the soap opera elements of DEEP SPACE NINE and why they worked.

47:40 - ‘Longform’ - Discussing how the show began to ape BABYLON 5 by introducing a longform element to the show.

52:45 - ‘Counterpoint’ - Analysing the form of the flawed FLASH series and why it fails.

1:25:00 - ‘Summary’ - Summarising the key writing techniques discussed.

This week we talk STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE and THE FLASH and the form of syndiated television writing and how the necessities of that form have changed due to technology. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

3:50 - ‘Premise’ - Outlining DEEP SPACE NINE.

4:50 - ‘Form’ - Breaking down the format of episodic television.

19:25 - ‘A Story’- Outlining examples of a DEEP SPACE NINE A story.

34:15 - ‘B/C Story’ - Discussing further examples of a B/C story.

41:35 - ‘Soap’ - Breaking down the soap opera elements of DEEP SPACE NINE and why they worked.

47:40 - ‘Longform’ - Discussing how the show began to ape BABYLON 5 by introducing a longform element to the show.

52:45 - ‘Counterpoint’ - Analysing the form of the flawed FLASH series and why it fails.

1:25:00 - ‘Summary’ - Summarising the key writing techniques discussed.

This week we talk both good ideas and, thanks to comics, bad ones. From BREAKING BAD to the upcoming JUSTICE LEAGUE we talk about how to gauge what an idea might be worth.

Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by The Proxy Guy.

2:15 - ‘Premise’ - Breaking down the purpose of a logline and introducing the logline for BREAKING BAD.

8:15 - ‘Concept’ - Breaking Inspiration down into 5 key components and discussion practical application.

27:25 - ‘Example’- Applying the 5 components to the BREAKING BAD logline.

35:25 - ‘Further Examples’ - Discussing further aspects of Inspiration and how they can be useful in the process of creating ideas.

48:05 - ‘Counterpoint’ - Analysing the flawed Inspiration for the upcoming JUSTICE LEAGUE movie.

1:18:20 - ‘Summary’ - Summarising the key writing techniques discussed.