Clay Stafford gives a presentation on the importance of contrast in storytelling. He explains that contrast is crucial for creating interesting narratives and can be incorporated into various aspects of a story: characters, environments, dialogue, and plot structure.
Novels for Hollywood
Heywood Gould gives writing tips on chapter endings, originality, visual/narrative elements, and settling. He advises writers to write novels over screenplays if they are trying to adapt to film because novels are easier for executives to read.




