Justin's Morning Coffee

Ben Terrell: A Student Documentary filmmaker that just gets it.

Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones - Part II

Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones - Part 1

An Interview with Adventure Filmmaker Ben Weiland

How I wound up with my own coffee blend

Rex McDaniel: The Five Stages of Fully Resolved Story

Rex McDaniel: Storytelling and how that relates to your life

The Ultimate Story Map

Street Watching in an Amsterdam Cafe, with soft conversation in the background.

"Oh What a Century It Was!!" Char and Jess Glouser: A documentary about my grandparents

Street Watching at an Amsterdam Cafe: soft conversation in the background

Here's a little teaser - the opening to my documentary about lost space: The Space of Our Time

Hoosiers: The Snake, Beast, and Leviathan in Sports Movies

The Rebirth Story: Groundhog Day and the "Helper Against," The opponent who loves you

Is there any way to the other side? The Rebirth Plot Type in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman

The Tragic Story Moves to Rebirth: How to make it from the Mountain of Success to Legacy

Is Tragedy about being trapped by Fate, or making a Faustian deal with the Devil?

An Introduction to The Feminine Story: Andrea With the Bangs - A ConverZation

Mythos & Anecdote: Meaning and Truth in Film (and also in life)... well, the human condition, really

The Space of Our Time: A Documentary about Place

Transcendental Style in Film: Paul Schrader, Sacred Space vs. Sacred Time in Cinema

Walking Backwards Into the Future? Does Narrative only work in retrospective?

Moneyball: A case study in archetypal plot construction - Rags to Riches

What is the Voyage and Return story? Understanding the Seven Basic Plots

What is the meaning of the monster in stories? The seven basic plots: Overcoming the Monster

What is the meaning of the Rags to Riches Story?

On Story: Is it one Monomyth, or are there Seven Plot Types?

I did an interview with Chat GBT about Moby Dick

Is The Call the same thing as the Burning Bush? The Seven Basic Plots: Quest Part I

On Writing - The Seven Basic Plots: Voyage and Return Part IV