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On What Marks The Soul
On What Marks The Soul

The word character – as long time readers will remember – did not mean dramatis personae. The word comes from the Greek meaning an engraved mark. As in to draw a character on a piece of paper. Put some together and it becomes a word. The term also meant to mark on the body, or the soul. It was not until a few hundred years ago that the term became applicable to a person in a story. Hamlet was not a character – the meaning changed more recent than Shakespeare’s death.

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J Kennywriting process, writing advice, writing memoir, writing a book, writing fiction, writing a novel, how to write a book, ghostwriter, Knives Out, Benoit Blanc
On Godard, on what would have been his 95th birthday
On Godard, on what would have been his 95th birthday

As a film student/aspiring screenwriter, Jean-Luc Godard’s films were hugely important to me. I’m hardly the first aspiring screenwriter or film student to have been inspired by his works. There are plenty of terrible student films trying to pull off the same magic.

Beyond his films, it was his creativity at finding solutions to problems that has stuck with me.

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J Kennycreative process, creative strategies, jean-luc godard, writing a book, writing coach, writing fiction, screenplay structure