I have started publishing my new writings on Medium. Currently, you can find these articles there:
“The Cloverfield Paradox”: How one bad line in a screenplay can destroy an entire movie
The premise of the “The Cloverfield Paradox” seemed like the perfect setup of a fun action packed sci-fi movie, but I ended up only…
2018.03.24 / 2min read. Read More
How to Effectively Combat Writer’s Block and Fear of the Blank Page
Hemingway Was onto Something.
2017.12.13 / 5min read. Read More
Lethal Weapon — Creating believable characters in mainstream action movies
How screenwriter Shane Black and director Richard Donner created one of the most loved action movies of the 80s by adding a bit of humanity…
2017.11.13 / 5min read. Read More
The productive benefits of doing less to achieve more
Do like Warren Buffett: stop trying to do everything all at once and focus on few key elements
2017.10.24 / 8min read. Read More
Kickstart your creative writing — Use the proven structure of mainstream Hollywood screenwriters
How do you go about writing a screenplay for a feature length movie? Or any longer story for that matter?
2017.09.13 / 9min read. Read More
“Crash to black” — We need to talk about the ending of ‘The Mist’ from 2007
Frank Darabont changed the ending of Stephen King’s novella. King loved it. Then, why did it rub so many people the wrong way? It might…
2017.06.21 / 8min read. Read More
‘Hell or High Water’ — Always Two There Are
Looking into the dualistic structure of the narrative
2017.05.16 / 8min read. Read More
Al Pacino: The Eyes Have It
A side note from the main article about Carlito’s Way and Brian De Palma’s work
2017.04.15 / 1min read. Read More
“Carlito’s Way” — The One That Got Away
Looking into how one cleverly constructed long take perfectly illustrates Brian De Palma’s extraordinary craftsmanship and his mastery of…
2017.04.10 / 9min read. Read More
Die Hard: First Impressions Last
How the simple and to-the-point character introduction in “Die Hard” elevated it from a mere standard action flick to an all-time classic.
2016.12.19 / 7min read. Read More
The rest of the writing are kept here for archival purposes:
- Playable Design
- Playing the Game
- No Man is an Island
- Please do not walk on the grass
- Level design patterns
- Alfred Hitchcock and the Elements of Suspense
- DANISH: Den korteste vej til algoritmer og spil