Jim Hull's Story Fanatic

This is Story Fanatic, a collection of articles covering story structure and analysis for
creative writers. Published weekly.

February 2007

Review of The Maltese Falcon

February 12, 2007

First impressions of this classic.

About This Site

Story Fanatic is a website dedicated to investigating the wonderful world of story. From story structure to theory, analysis to writing, the articles on this site are an effort by Jim Hull to explore why some stories work better than others. Since 2005, 314 articles have been written. Read more »

About the Author

Jim Hull believes that the only reason "nobody knows anything" when it comes to the entertainment industry, as William Goldman so famously pointed out, is because no one takes the time to fully understand why stories even exist. Read more ⇒

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Not sure where to start? You could check out the different topics covered here. Or, if you're really crazy about story, you might have more fun searching the hundreds of articles by concept.