22 Rules of Storytelling by Emma Coates (A Former Pixar Storyboard Artist)

Last week, fellow SpecFicNZ-er, Mark English, drew my attention to the following article:

22 Rules of Storytelling by a Pixar Storyboard Artist

The 22 rules are attributed to Former Pixar storyboard artist, Emma Coates, and have apparently been collated from her tweets.

Anyway, I think they constitute a very interesting list, and the following particularly resonate:

Trying for theme is important, but you won’t see what the story is actually about til you’re at the end of it.
Simplify. Focus. Combi...