The StoryBoard

“Villains and heroes share a common origin in pain. The divergence lies in their response to this pain. A villain resolves to hurt the world in return for the pain they experienced”

“Preaching can take the power away from characters’ experiences and puts all of that growth into one long section of dialogue or narrative, which is ultimately disappointing.”

“No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.”

“Literary fiction is perpetually in decline. The novel? Dead so many times its death has been a cliche for a hundred years.”

“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” – E.L. Doctorow Personal Story I wrote a short story in high school. In fact, I wrote many short stories in high school. But there was one in particular I wrote that…

“A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.”

“Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances”

“That’s what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.” 

“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.”