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Lessons from the Aether: Law & Order and Why Following a Formula Is Not a Bad Thing


Tweet of the Day: Writing Excuses 8.2: Hero’s Journey  ——- To call something “formulaic” is to hang a sign that says things like: unimaginative, repetitive, and dull among other things. Yet Hollywood thrives on formulas, as does many literary genres. Take the show Law & Order as an example. It spawn at least five spin offs (all of them off the […]