Today I want to share the insightful writing of story guru, Brian McDonald. I first discovered Mr. Mcdonald on a great podcast called Chris Oatleys Art Cast, A real gem and I am sure anyone who is reading this has listened to it before. Brian was featured on an episode spotlighting his book THE GOLDEN THEME.
I immediately bought his book and read it in one day, there was so much valuable content in that book that applied to creating storyboards I actually read it twice and downloaded an audiobook which I frequently play.
His blog, The Invisible Ink Blog is just as amazing, because it offers real world examples and Brian mentions the shows and movies that inspired him throughout his lifetime.
http://invisibleinkblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/castaway-act-one-breakdown.html
The post that I specifically mentioned breaks down the first act of Castaway, and really just sheds light on the important elements in a first act and how the can be implemented to create an emotional story. Read it.
What is even more great than just the posts are the comments, Brian gets very insightful comments from his readers and he actually takes the time to think and respond individually to the comments, so that a singular blog post becomes a discussion.
Do yourself a favor and procrastinate with Mr. McDonald
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