01 December 2006
Four Word Film Review
by jlesage & 4 othersreally, reviews in just four words for over 16,000 films
Offscreen.com :: Volume 10, Issue 10
by jlesage & 2 othersCanadian film journal online since 1997, wide coverage of independent and international film; many resources
28 November 2006
22 November 2006
StorySprawl Hyperfiction Story Creator
by jlesageongoing fiction sites that readers can contribute chapters to
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
by jlesageIt's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
20 November 2006
National Storytelling Network - History of Storytelling World
by jlesagelinks list, many categories, many audio stories
19 November 2006
Spout - We're talkin' movies
by jlesagea movie search engine, blogspot, voting, good plot summaries, able to buy film
18 November 2006
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
by jlesageblog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
15 November 2006
13 November 2006
Electronic Literature Organization - Directory
by jlesagegood source for hypertext, kinetic poetry, search by author or type
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
by jlesageinvaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
11 November 2006
Zen Koans - AshidaKim.com
by jlesage & 4 otherszen koans help writers rethink narrative in another tradition of storytelling
06 November 2006
Comics and Zines by Kevin Huizenga
by jlesageclever, about midwest life; some for sale, some online
03 November 2006
Electronic Literature Organization
by jlesage & 1 othersome links to contemporary hypertext literature; information about and reviews of artists' DVDs
02 November 2006
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by jlesage"descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation which might occur in a story or performance"; tips for screenwriters looking for ideas
Tameri Guide for Writers: Plot and Story
by jlesageone page of a larger, useful site for writers; this page covers what a screenwriter thinks about to construct a spine, here called plot, or basic story idea; it is the central task for the writer
23 October 2006
Self Publishing Blog: 101 Resources for Self Published Writers
by jlesagetips for creative folks looking for story ideas, fiction or non fiction; links to many sites that stimulate writing
16 October 2006
Cinema=Jean-Luc Godard=Cinema
by jlesage & 1 othersite with many links to online essays about Godard
15 October 2006
11 October 2006
SOS: Searching Out Stories - Story-Lovers
by jlesageexhaustive list of stories, news articles that suggest stories; my favorite: "ANIMALS, BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, FISH and INSECTS – stories, folklore and facts"
Types of Stories for the Telling
by jlesageuseful for writers and teachers; screenwriters will find a lot of basic story types to exploit