Best o/t Web 27 Dec 09

Here’s Sol’s weekly selection from the blogosphere. Feel free to recommend anything or give your feedback in the Questions and Comments below.

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• The Bestseller Formula: Appeal to the Masses.
• If you want to be complicated, do it with images.
• Understanding genre elements takes practice.
• Tell your story out loud before you write it down.
• What’s your character’s circle of being?
• Awkwardly uncomfortable plot turns.
• Jackson, Cameron, Tarantino Oh my!
• Fair use: What it really means.

With thanks to Sol Yazdiha.

COMING SOON to the Story Department:

• Ex Libris Brislee – Screenwriting book reviews (2010)
• Story Dept – New look (Jan ‘10; email me if you can’t wait)

Enjoy!

Karel