Jim Hull's Story Fanatic

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

Stranger Than Fiction

Structure:
Entertainment:

Totally bummed out by this one. Thought the premise was great and I love Will Ferrell, but man…the story is just not working at all.

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Stranger Than Fiction: The Problem with Competing Main Characters

An argument as to why the film was not as successful as it probably could have been.

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 really really likes great stories. So much so, that he spends a significant portion of his free time analyzing what makes those stories so great. This site is where he posts all his findings. 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.