Episode 793: That’s What the Bread is For
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we wonder if there’s any truth to Bernie Taupin’s diss of Billy Joel.
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Writing on Overthinking It
Episode 598: We Managed to Answer Three Questions
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we answer questions from listeners.
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An Anatomy of Envy (with apologies to B.J. Novak)
An exhaustive analysis of one writer’s creative anxiety, and how he realized it was stupid.
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How to Squeeze Stories from Stones — or, Why The Lego Movie was Good and Battleship was Bad
There’s a right way and a wrong way to turn toys into movies. I’m here to tell you what they are.
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The Lawful Good: A Defense
Think characters have to be dark to be interesting? Think again. All hail the Lawful Good.
Dual Survival, Man Woman Wild, and Surviving a Semi-Scripted Relationship
What makes for a good survival TV scene? Hint: it isn’t survival.
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The Blog Post or the Tiger
Containing one (1) half-baked speculation on creative productivity, one (1) runaway metaphor, one (1) vile pun, and basically nothing else.
The Psychology of Inception
Forget what the critics told you. The target of Inception is Christopher Nolan.
Fixing Doctor Who – Season Five Edition
Let’s make this past season make sense, shall we?
Overthinking Lost: Season 6 Episode 6
In which we take a break from mythology and speak of popular literary devices.