Emmett Dunham.

Field notes on craft

Scratchings

A working point of view on what makes good writing. Blunt, dry, specific. Field notes, not marketing. Some entries are short lists; others run long. This is the thinking the projects come out of.

schtickstructure

Schticks that Stick

Hooks get you in the door. The storytelling is what makes you stay, and that’s the part people mistake for the whole job.

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structureschtick

Single Location as a Pressure Cooker

Lock the cast in a single room and the room will do half the work. Why confinement is the hook, not a budget cut, with the works that prove it.

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