Below is a talk Andrew Stanton (writer of Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo and Wall-E) gave on ‘Clues to a Great Story’. One of his theories really resonated with me – he calls it the unifying theory of 2+2. His explanation was that you don’t give the audience the answer, you let them…
Articles from August 2018
End of Winter
For those of us Down Under the end of winter is here (well, it will be in two days). My favourite season is about to begin. I struggle to sit at my desk in spring – I want to be out in the warming weather, longer days, flowering plants, singing birds…you get the idea. I’ve…
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
Call off Christmas
I want to share a favourite movie line by a favourite actor. I haven’t thought about this line for years, but the concert band I am in is looking for new music to play, I thought of the theme music to this movie and… well, you can see how I got here. Anyway, the movie…
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison