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The Popcorn Principles - A Novelist's Guide To Learning From Movies
2023
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Take your novel to the next level. Unlock the power of the silver screen with The Popcorn Principles, a guide to fiction and novel writing. It will help you: • Craft unforgettable characters • Write compelling scenes • Hide exposition • Structure powerful endings With this book (and the movies it draws on), you'll learn the tools and techniques used by screenwriters, which you can apply to your own writing. Craft your next novel and become a better writer with The Popcorn Principles. (Popcorn not included.)

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John Gaspard
John Gaspard
Author · 16 books

John is author of the Eli Marks mystery series and the Como Lake Players mystery series. He also has four other stand-alone novels: “The Greyhound of the Baskervilles,” “A Christmas Carl,” “The Sword & Mr. Stone” and “The Ripperologists.” He hosts two podcasts: "Behind the Page: The Eli Marks Podcast," and "The Occasional Film Podcast." In real life, John's not a magician, but he has directed six low-budget features that cost very little and made even less - that's no small trick. He's also written multiple books on the subject of low-budget filmmaking. Ironically, those books made more than the films. John lives in Minnesota and shares his home with his lovely wife, several greyhounds, a few cats and a handful of pet allergies.

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