The Comic Muse » novel writing https://thecomicmuse.com Revels in the Craft of Storytelling Sun, 08 Dec 2013 01:30:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 https://thecomicmuse.com/category/the-comic-muse-podcast/feed/ The Comic Muse Podcast brings you into the writer's workshop for fun, informative discussions on how the art of the storypreneur can help your business tell its story. Produced and hosted by Daniel McInerny, CEO of The Comic Muse and an author of fiction for both adults and children. Daniel McInerny clean Daniel McInerny [email protected] [email protected] (Daniel McInerny) © Daniel McInerny Productions, LLC Revels in the Craft of Storytelling self-publishing, creative writing, how to write fiction, writing fiction, writing a novel, writing short stories, screenwriting, book marketing, on writing, publishing, literature, drama The Comic Muse » novel writing https://thecomicmuse.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/comicmuse_logo_podcast.png https://thecomicmuse.com TV-14 Syd Field, Screenwriting, and Three-Act Structure https://thecomicmuse.com/the-more-or-less-daily-muse/syd-field-screenwriting-and-three-act-structure/ https://thecomicmuse.com/the-more-or-less-daily-muse/syd-field-screenwriting-and-three-act-structure/#comments Sun, 01 Dec 2013 03:09:20 +0000 https://thecomicmuse.com/?p=1651 Only the immature artist scoffs at the demands of form. “Free verse,” quipped Robert Frost, is like “playing tennis without a net.” There is a reason why the films of Terence Malick, as brilliantly associative as they are, tax our patience. Syd Field died on the 17th of this month. He was, along with Robert […]

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