aka Start Your Third Act Without Being Boring!

This is the longest episode (so far) of Writing Lessons From... and why is explained in the intro.

If you'd like to go straight to the writing lessons, they begin properly at 15:26.

But there's also an important message for all storytellers at the beginning and the rest of it is context, so I hope you'll listen, even if you already know all this stuff because you've watched Alien: Earth and want me to get to the point!

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For more on these topics, check out the following past episodes:

Seven: Hannah Gadsby, and

Ten: Barbie

Music by ReneSchulze1984 and Dmitrii from Pixabay

aka The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family.

The writing lesson in this episode focuses on something every single storyteller needs to know, so it's worth 12 minutes of your time. While you're walking the dog or on the treadmill or making lunch and cleaning the toilet (careful those earbuds don't fall in!).

Without giving a spoiler as to the big writing lesson in this episode, the general gist is around character development and writing believable characters.

For more on this topic, check out episodes 3: Mutant Mayhem and 4: Platonic and Mythic Quest.

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Music by ReneSchulze1984 and Dmitrii from Pixabay

aka Big Themes, Little Themes, Cardboard Box

Finally, I managed to watch Barbie! And I tried to stay away from the big themes and focus on the things that I found interesting as a storyteller.

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John Cena is also mentioned in episodes 8 and 6! He gets everywhere.

aka A lesson in originality and laziness

I almost didn't record this one, but here we go. Writing is joyful, but it can also make us angry, resentful, confused... All of these stories help us to learn too.

Also my new novel is out! And I said I'd put the link in the show notes...

Yellow Petals at Christmas: https://mybook.to/YellowPetals

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aka Writing a Billion-dollar Soap Opera

This week we're looking at WWE documentary Unreal, on Netflix, and the secrets (pure gold!) from their writers room. If you're interested in telling stories, or in the storytelling business, this one is a must watch/listen!

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aka Creating Subplots and Tangents That Mean Something. Today we take a look at Hannah Gadby's comedy special Something Special, available on Netflix, and work out just why and how the storytelling works so well, so we can apply it to our own stories.

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aka Killing Off a Great Character. Should you do it? When should you do it? HOW should you do it?

This week I take a look at season four of Only Murders in the Building (Disney+) and Peacemaker (Sky Max), and the agony but beauty in killing off a character who is well loved or vital to some part of your story.

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aka What the Hell Was That Ending? Yes, it's another episode about endings. Endings are so hard! Also, about dislikable characters AND writing fiction from fact.

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