How can you create a character that is both a.) supposed to be obnoxious, and b.) still likeable enough to carry a story? In the 1987 John Hughes movie, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, our MC Neal Page (played by the great Steve Martin) is tasked with completing one of the most daunting and foreboding of…

Tomorrow night, millions of homes around the world will be preparing for an invasion—one spurred on by tiny armies of goblins, ghosts, monsters, and a plethora of Marvel Cinematic Universe characters. Come October every year, and sometimes even before the last week of September has fully passed, we engage in a slow-burn ritual which celebrates…

Let me take a moment to give you a very clear, very simple example of not only good writing, but good storytelling. The first time I watched the Pixar movie Coco, there was a point during Miguel’s opening narration where I cringed a little. It was the moment when he tells the audience his favorite…