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Beauty and the Beast
- Character Arcs 101
- How to Write an Addictive Story from Page One
- How to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters
Book Lovers
Breaking Bad
Brooklyn
Bunny
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A Christmas Carol
A Clockwork Angel
Clueless
Community
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Ghost Town
The Good Place
The Goose Girl
The Graveyard Book
The Great
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Harry Potter Universe
- How to Start Writing a Book
- Story Structure: How to Write a Compelling Novel
- Breaking Down Act 3: The Secret Formula Behind the Harry Potter Endings
- Character Arcs 101
- 5 Ingredients of a Killer First Chapter
- Leveraging Every Character to Strengthen a Story's Theme
- 4 Ways to Make Info Dumps Interesting
- How to Add Tension to Your Book's Climax
- How to Craft Timeless Characters in 4 Steps
- How to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters
- 5 Ways to Boost the Quality of Any Character (character assessment)
The Hating Game
The Hunger Games
- Story Structure: How to Write a Compelling Novel
- 5 Ingredients of a Killer First Chapter
- How to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters
Howl's Moving Castle
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The Inheritance Games
Inside Out
It Happened One Summer
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Legally Blonde
Little Women
Lord of the Rings
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Mad Men
Malibu Rising
The Maltese Falcon
Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Story Structure: How to Write a Compelling Novel
- How to Write Electric Character Chemistry
- 2 Steps to a Compelling Character Arc
- How to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters
A Million Junes
Moana
Monster's Inc.
Moonrise Kingdom
Moonstruck
Mrs. Dalloway
Mulan
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Ocean's 11
The Office
Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood
Onward
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Parks and Recreation
- How to Write Electric Character Chemistry
- How to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters
- 5 Ways to Boost the Quality of Any Character (character assessment)
People We Meet On Vacation
Peter Pan
A Pinch of Magic
Pocahontas
Pride and Prejudice
The Princess and the Frog
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Sense and Sensibility
Sherlock
Six of Crows
The Social Network
Soul
The Soulmate Equation
Spells for Forgetting
A Sprinkle of Sorcery
Star Wars Universe
- Love Interests: How to Make Their First Meeting Memorable
- Character Arcs 101
- 5 Ingredients of a Killer First Chapter
- How to Add Tension to Your Book's Climax
- The Midpoint: The Scene Where Everything Changes