The Pixar Story Basics

A brilliant set of tips on story writing from Emma Coats, a former story artist at Pixar. The tips are great for anyone who writes or tells stories at all, and #14 especially applies to how I feel about my own work as a writer:

#14: Why must you tell THIS story? What’s the belief burning within you that your story feeds off of? That’s the heart of it.

So good. If you can't live without writing or telling what you are, then don't do it.

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