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Vlad Guerrero, Jr. wearing the Blue Jays’ powder blue uniform in front of a baseball crowd

What I really love about the Blue Jays’ powder blue uniforms is Vladdy looks like he’s wearing comfy footie pajamas. Adorable.

They literally ruin everything they touch

we sure are learning some intriguing things about what certain people are willing to just politely overlook in their social lives

Holy. Shit. The greatest living horror writer is doing a podcast.

The Thing and a very young Ben Grimm.

“Thing ring, do your thing!”

Hanna-Barbera’s 1979 weirdity.

You may choose one person to tell you The Aristocrats joke”

Jesus shot first

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

You’re a Ron guy, aren’t you

Damn, Ohtani. Save some homeruns for the World Series.

Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945

Tension is created by anticipation, juxtaposition, questions, and conflicts.

All of these things create structure.

When you use a recipe, if you understand the science behind it, you can make ingredient swaps or create something new. I think the same is true of fiction.

We control Pace through Cadence, Transitions & Tone.

Lens is about Context. Who is writing it? Who are you writing it for? Who is experiencing it?

Order is about sequence. Where do we start and stop? When do we give information? What are the connections between things?

I think narrative structure is created through Pace, Lens , Order, and Tension.

The various recipes for plots out there have all of these. I don't think there's anything wrong with using a recipe.

I also think that saying they ARE structure means that we are always using someone else's recipe.

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.

Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.

3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.

You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

Thread, and related to a conversation with an old friend (and one of the best execs of the cable era) who said "These streaming bosses don't understand, there's no formula to a hit show, but there is a recipe."

CONSPIRACY THEORIST: If you watch the Zapruder FIlm closely, you'll see the truth

FILM SNOB: I thought the Zapruder Film had third-act problems, personally

The “With a Little Luck” will continue until luck improves

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

Close-up of an older middle-aged man’s right side of his face in profile. He’s wearing glasses and he’s tossing forward a manila folder with the papers in it. He says, “Mm. Perhaps I don’t want to know.“ Narration: “You don’t.“

TEXT: "Wild Card Game 1- WIN" IMAGE: Black and white photo of Crochet pitching at Yankee Stadium overlaid with "Tremendously Locked In" logos.

One down.

WELCOME TO THE POSTSEASON, MASA.

Happy October Baseball*! (*observed)

WALKED OFF INTO A CLINCH!!!

Clinched.

More people should be talking about this.

Kimmel: "Disney has asked me to read the following statement and I agreed to do it. 'To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account ... '"

16/105: MARVEL AND DC PRESENT THE UNCANNY X-MEN AND THE NEW TEEN TITANS (1982)

Kurt Busiek and Phil Jimenez have both told me this was their favorite crossover comic, and I can see how influential it is even now. It's a significant entry in the philosophical camp of omitting dimensional portals.