A real nerdy share - notice anything?

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) is one of my favorite recent releases. Every time I watch it, I am amazed at how much story it tells and how fast it moves.

So, my brain being what it is... one day, I sat down and mapped the movie out, beat-by-beat, minute-by-minute. Here are the results.

This movie is, essentially, a series of short stories/adventures with a beginning, middle, and end, over and over until we reach the end credits. It is astounding to me how well paced and structured this thing is.

So, if you're writing and you feel stuck - maybe give your characters a task to achieve (or fail)? Write your scene with a beginning, middle, and end, rather than what we typically do and ssssttttrrrreeeettttcccchhhh a scene out for way too long with nothing actually being done.

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