Chekhov’s gun

A dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, irrelevant elements should be removed; elements should not appear to make false promises.

Writing style:

• I draw more inspiration from movies and tv screenwriting and games rather than novels or books making my writing feel a little rushed with less time spent in development as a book would. Mostly weekend active player/writer. Weekdays active reader.

• I tend to have a focus on story structure breaking moves, plot-heavy writing elements with exposition and worldbuilding acting as a second narrator, rather than as an individual character focused on relationship building.

Other writing concepts/elements:

*Fundamental plot twists
(11 mins) How to Build a Meaningful Plot Twist

*Internally conflicted protagonists vs Morally ambiguous antagonists
(13min) What is a Protagonist?
(18min) What is an Antagonist?

*Character Foils
(15min)What is a Foil Character

*Rule of Threes
(15min)Rule of 3s - Why Three is Key, to Comedy, Storytelling and Character

A writing principle for humor, satisfaction and effectiveness which is remembered through conciseness and rhythm, having the smallest amount of info to create a pattern.

*Four Corner Opposition
(8mins) What Writers Should Learn From Batman Begins

*Subvert The Genre
(17 Mins) Movie Genres Explained — Types of Films & the Art of Subverting Film Genres

*Social commentary
A rhetorical means to provide commentary on social, cultural, political, or economic issues in a society; implementing or promoting change by informing about a given problem and appealing to a sense of justice.

*In Media Res
(2 mins) Quick Writing Prompt: In Media Res

*Power vs Leverage
(19mins) At World’s End - When Hollywood Was Better

List of Notable Writers: Christopher Nolan, John Truby, Dan Brown, Jeffery Deaver

Suspended stories that I enjoyed:

• The Department of Local Government
• One Night At The Cranstons’
• Assassin’s Creed: Duel Resolution

Favourite writing genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Storium’s Formatting Guide

Misc writing cheat sheets:

• (3 mins) Dan Harmon’s Story Circle

• Blake Snyder’s Save The Cat Beatsheet

• Myers-Briggs Personality Types

• Enneagram Personality Types

• Hero’s Journey

• TV Tropes

My flaws:

• (16 mins)Melodrama
• (14 mins)Learning when to use Philosophical conflict

• Basic English

• Other Languages

When joining games, I prioritize playing with new writers as I like to experience unique writing styles and perspectives.

The Detective Thriller Mystery genre is my go-to tropes, finding them to be most thought provoking.

Will be expanding and exploring literary devices of other cultures, languages and eras.

Will update profile if I find more concise video references or learn any new writing techniques

Latest Addition: Character Foils

Modern Meta-Fiction Stories

• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1
• Into the Spider-Verse/Across the Spider-Verse
• Only Murders In The Building
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical on Netflix
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
• Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Adjacent Interests to Writing

• Cinematography
• Animation
• Game Design/Balance
• Storyboarding
• Reading

Why Do We Write

• To share and preserve beneficial knowledge and experience, through purposeful writing.

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