Ever wonder why some stories grab you while others fade from memory? The secret isn't in plot twists—it's in the people. While Walter White's criminal descent in Breaking Bad and the psychological ...

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L.A.-based filmmaker Noam Kroll is currently working on his second feature. He keeps a production blog at his website NoamKroll.com. In this blog post, he writes about focusing on characters in order ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

Happy Days, one of the best TV comedies set outside New York and Los Angeles, gave us classic catchphrases, the legendary “Jump the Shark” trope, and quite possibly the greatest theme song in the ...

Greg Rucka has rocked the worlds of comics and novels for years, including memorable Batman writing, plus the Queen and Country series and the Atticus Kodiak books. But he might be best known for ...

As the games industry becomes more aware of representation issues in its games, it's become increasingly common for creators to feature marginalized characters in their games. Unfortunately, those ...