Jim Hull's Story Fanatic

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

The New World

Structure:
Entertainment:

Visually stunning. A complete zero in the story structure department.

Available on DVD here

The New World: Initial Impressions

Disappointing first analysis of a film.

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 is so into story that in 2008 he started teaching Story Development at the California Institute of the Arts. His wish is that each and every one of his students goes on to receive worldwide recognition for their storytelling abilities. And that they thank him at the Oscars. 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.