One of the great things about the internet is that things tend to stay up indefinitely. This does mean that sometimes you’ll never be rid of an embarrassing picture, but more often it means we’re free to stumble across articles and things we may have missed. We can discover these gems at a later date and share them with others!
Such is the case with this list of 22 Story Telling Tips from Pixar that I found the other day. Like any writing rules, they can be taken with a grain of salt and, as Barbossa would say it, “more what you’d call ‘guidelines.’”
A while ago, I was in the midst of writing and planning a series of webcartoons. One of the jokes hinged on what happened when someone was exposed to the vacuum of space without a fully sealed suit. The joke called for them to become instant astronaut-sicles, complete with hilariously frozen expressions.