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The Midpoint Collision

Lessons from the Screenplay looks at 'The Midpoint Collision,' using Stuart Beattie's script for Michael Mann's film Collateral to examine when the "protagonist’s facade is slowly stripped away as their inner self is forced to rise, and what happens when these two sides of the character collide at the midpoint of the story."

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How J.K. Rowling Writes Mystery

From being occasionally vague to mute culprits, buried clues to signatures descriptions, Just Write examines 'How J.K. Rowling writes mysteries that are "solvable and incredibly satisfying to read."

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