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.

This is the reality of the Manic Pixie characters: they can't really function.

Stereotype characters are often a sign of lazy writing. This episode gives us a good example of when to use shortcuts.

Ted can’t tell a short version of a story to save his life, so this is the principle we’re learning: postponing a reveal.

Lily and Marshall’s wedding is finally here, and since this is a sitcom, you know absolutely everything is going to go wrong.

Your characters’ false beliefs might affect their behavior like Barney’s.

7 steps to redeeming a villain or antagonist in your writing.

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

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...

At the opening of this episode, Ted is telling the guys and Robin is telling Lily that they’ve had their first big fight as a couple. Ted...

This episode opens at the bar, where we learn that Ted is turning 28. He gets some food and Lily feels the need to touch the plate to...

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

This episode starts on Marshall as a kid, reading a book about an anthropologist studying gorillas. Then he takes her seminar and she...

This episode opens up with Ted and Victoria being kind of adorable in their new relationship. We cut to Marshall coloring up his butt so...