Jim Hull's Story Fanatic

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

Wednesday, Mar. 10

James Cameron on Writing Avatar

We get it. Yes, you’re clever for pointing out that it’s just Dances with Wolves in space. Now click through and listen to an interview with James Cameron at the Writers Guild.

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, 305 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.