Episode 216: The Verbivore's Recent Reads

Notes:

The Verbivore talks about some of her favorite YouTube essayist on storytelling and writing. Here are those channels:

Pop Culture Detective

The Take

Cinema Therapy

Just Write

Lessons from the Screenplay

Here are a few favorite YouTube video essays:

Pop Culture Detective - Everyone Everywhere Needs Waymond Wang (and Ke Huy Quan)

Pop Culture Detective - The Fantastic Masculinity of Newt Scamander

Pop Culture Detective - Born Sexy Yesterday

The Take - The Real Meaning of Barbie (And That Surprise Ending) | Feminism Series

The Take - The Strong Female Character Trope, Explained

Cinema Therapy: Is THE MATRIX TRILOGY a Philosophy 210 course?

Cinema Therapy: Can we pick ourselves back up like BATMAN?

Just Write - The Pirates Trilogy is Pure Bliss

Just Write - The Hunger Games: Revolutions Are Hard To Write

Lessons from the Screenplay - Jurassic Park — Using Theme to Craft Character

Lessons from the Screenplay - The Soul of Good Character Design

Lessons from the Screenplay - The Avengers — Defining an Act

Lessons from the Screenplay - Iron Man vs. Captain America — The 11-Year Character Arc 

Books and Films Mentioned:

- Better Hate than Never by Chloe Liese

- Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese

- Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be) by Zoraida Córdova

- By the Book (Meant to Be) by Jasmine Guillory  

- Frankly in Love by David Yoon

- The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker  

- Ten Things About Writing: Build Your Story, One Word at a Time by Johanne Harris  

- The Creator - Directed by Gareth Edwards  

Music from:https://filmmusic.io
‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)