Building a Better Villain

Authors describe the basis for a good villain, writing female villains, and if there are villains readers do not want to read about.

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Formatting a Screenplay

Formatting a Screenplay

The speaker covers the technicalities of screenplays. He talks about the format of a screenplay, how long it should be, what the cover should look like, tense and type of voice, font, type size, spacing, and more. The speaker suggests using a formatting program and...

Heart of Darkness: Noir and Crime Fiction

Heart of Darkness: Noir and Crime Fiction

Noir authors and literary critics discuss the noir genre, how the setting can compliment or contrast between the dark tones of the novel, the genre’s avoidance of happy endings, and balancing gratuity and comedy in noir.