Pixar's Rules of Storytelling

It's no secret to those who know me that I love Pixar movies! In my opinion, Pixar has honed storytelling in film to a fine art, and I often show their shorts to my classes or have students watch and analyze a movie like Monsters Inc. or Up in order to learn good story structure. One of Pixar's artists posted on Twitter these 22 guidelines for storytelling that Pixar tries to follow, and it's a handy list!

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