Choosing the right character to narrate this smaller story is critical to its success.

A good romance author will tell you that kissing and even sex are not markers of intimacy.

Which all begs the question: Why are they selling themselves to this one specific lawyer so hard?

They all prevaricate about her, but they all do it in different ways. This is more about the other characters than it is about Robin.

A Darling is a scene, a character, a line, whatever, that you, as the writer, are completely attached to but it doesn’t actually work.

If you’ve gotten to the end of the story, and you don’t feel like you’ve earned it, you need to back up.

This week, we’re talking about closeness and how these storylines demonstrate that these characters are now closer than ever.

They focused on the emotional impact, not the specifics. Barney loses money, the friend group holds their tradition a day late.

This episode opens with a flashback to kindergarten, where Ted wants to be an architect but is bullied for it. It immediately flashes...

The episode opens with the guys hanging out in a coffee shop where two main things happen. 1. The barista has a crush on Marshall and he...

Our word of the week is “preface” - as in, the stuff you need to know before you dive in. This episode is a good opportunity to talk...

There are three couples in this episode competing for the title. Robin and Ted - things are going great for them. So great, in fact, that...

The episode begins with Marshall casually looking at Robin’s butt as she walks away, and while Marshall is super embarrassed about it,...

This episode opens up with Lily and Marshall rushing to book their dream wedding venue. They have this really funny scene where they are...

Ted starts doing shots of something mysterious and then remembers nothing. He wakes up with a pineapple.

This episode I want to talk about unreliable narrators. We have to set that up from the beginning because the first example I want to...