
Jonathan Ball
Author of stranger fiction.
Advocate of writing the wrong way.
Poet laureate of Hell.


David Lynch’s Lost Highway contains a perfect scene that writers should study

Is Ursula K. Le Guin the best science fiction writer in Omelas?

What do Sigourney Weaver, Star Trek, and Alan Rickman have in common? Galaxy Quest!

Has Christopher Nolan done his own Inception to convince me he is Hitchcock?

Who is the real Parasite in this smash Korean film?

Is Seth Rogen just using James Franco? The genius of Pineapple Express

Thanos versus The Alien! Screenwriter Dan O’Bannon and Dynamic Story Structure

Robert Eggers made a deal with the devil to write The Witch — and so can you!

Creating a shared world with GMB Chomichuk and Chadwick Ginther

Adam Sandler’s terrible movie Jack and Jill can make you a better writer
