Articles Written By Rick Paulas
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Phenomena Understood
The Wayback Machine
How nostalgia works and why social media may destroy it altogether, or restore it to its original purpose.
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At the Movies
To Chilling Effect
Only the truly trained can accurately describe how despair sounds without a noise filter. A sound technician finishes his horror movie script.
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Personal Essays
The Art of Choking
Some people require the Heimlich Maneuver a bit more than the rest of us. A report on the four times—so far—that the author has relied on the assistance of others.
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How To
Using Product Placement In Your Serial Killer Script
As product placement in movies becomes accepted by audiences—and even appreciated—isn’t it about time screenwriters retooled their work into something the people at Burger King can really get behind? Rick Paulas has tips for turning your art-house script into big money.