5 Pitch Deck FAILS That Make Industry Pros Say, ‘I’m Out’

Pitch Deck FAILS I’ve seen a LOT of pitch deck fails in my time as a script editor here at B2W. And whether it’s film funds, script labs or co-production markets, the same problems show up again and again. Here are 5 red flags that make professionals quietly close your…
https://bang2write.com/2025/07/5-pitch-deck-fails-that-make-industry-pros-say-im-out.html

#advice #audience #boxoffice #budgets #casestudy
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6 Top Tips For Writing About Controversial Topics

All About Writing Controversial Topics Writing about controversial topics can feel like walking through a minefield. One wrong step and the internet might explode. These 6 tips on writing controversial topics don’t guarantee that the internet won’t explode. However, the points below gave…
https://bang2write.com/2025/07/6-top-tips-for-writing-about-controversial-topics.html

#advice #audience #blogging #books #casestudy
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A story about an innovative participatory conference session with some surprising outcomes. We all learned a lot—and you will too!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/06/innovative-participatory-conference-session-a-case-study-using-online-tools

Next Level Dialogue: How to Make Your Characters Speak With Power & Purpose

NEWSFLASH: Dialogue Needs Power & Purpose! The purpose of dialogue is consistently underestimated by writers. This in turn saps its power in many spec screenplays and unpublished novels. Yet dialogue is one of the most powerful tools in a…
https://bang2write.com/2025/06/next-level-dialogue-how-to-make-your-characters-speak-with-power-purpose.html

#advice #audience #blogging #casestudy #craft
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Happy Pride Month! Top 10 Queer Women In Movies And TV

Top 10 Queer Women It’s Pride month, which means queer representation is on the menu here at Bang2write. My Top 10 female character rundowns are super-popular on this site, yet I realised I don’t have any about queer women. Oops! Consider my wrist…
https://bang2write.com/2025/06/happy-pride-month-top-10-queer-women-in-movies-and-tv.html

#advice #audience #casestudy #characterrolefunctions #characterisation
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High Quality Apparel Image Editing- Every Day

Apparel brands need flawless product images to attract customers and boost #sales. Discover how 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ensure perfection in every frame!

Consistent image enhancement for e-commerce

Want to elevate your apparel images?

https://www.habiledata.com/case-studies/apparel-image-editing-daily-basis.php?utm_source=tuffsocial&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cc

A story about an innovative participatory conference session with some surprising outcomes. We all learned a lot—and you will too!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/06/innovative-participatory-conference-session-a-case-study-using-online-tools

How To Write A Synopsis For Your Screenplay Or Novel

Why Writers Still Need The Traditional Synopsis (Yes, Really!) Let’s get one thing straight upfront, Bang2writers … When it comes to submissions, the traditional synopsis is still very much a thing. It’s true, I’ve advocated for one page pitches A LOT on this site (you can grab a free…
https://bang2write.com/2025/06/how-to-write-a-synopsis-for-your-screenplay-or-novel.html

#advice #audience #books #casestudy #craft
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An independent review of my conference design work, published as a case study in Chapter 25 of "The Routledge Handbook of Business Events".

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/12/case-study

Winning Votes With TYPO3: A Guide to Content Management for Political Parties. #typo3 #CaseStudy
https://typo3.com/blog/winning-votes-with-typo3-a-guide-to-content-management-for-political-parties

3 Top Tips For Writing A Likeable Character In Your Script Or Novel

So, You Want To Write A Likeable Character? A genuinely likeable character can be hard to achieve in your novel or screenplay. In the 2020s, most characters in books, TV shows and movies tend to be antiheroes. This is because…
https://bang2write.com/2025/05/3-top-tips-for-writing-a-likeable-character-in-your-script-or-novel.html

#advice #audience #casestudy #characterrolefunctions #characterisation
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Managing hundreds of websites shouldn’t mean hundreds of headaches.

HMP Global reduced release cycles from weeks to hours by moving to Platform.sh and gained centralized control over every one of their 500+ sites.

Discover how they cut costs, boosted performance, and empowered their dev team to move faster than ever.

Learn how Platform.sh streamlined HMP Global’s web operations: https://brnw.ch/21wSBXk

15 Quirky, Weird And Sometimes Gross Habits Of Famous Writers

Quirky, Weird, Sometimes Gross Habits I’ve been called weird all my life. It’s not surprising this ‘weirdness’ has found its way into not only in to my work, B2W’s online following and even my writing process. The evidence? Well, every single time I start planning…
https://bang2write.com/2025/05/15-quirky-weird-and-sometimes-gross-habits-of-famous-writers.html

#advice #audience #blogging #books #casestudy
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Destroy Role Models: Why Female Characters Don’t Need to Be ‘Good’

Female Characters = Role Models?? NO THANKS If I never hear the term ‘good role models’ applied to female characters ever again, it won’t be a moment too soon! When was the last time you heard a male character described as a good role model? Yeah, exactly —…
https://bang2write.com/2025/05/destroy-role-models-why-female-characters-dont-need-to-be-good.html

#advice #audience #books #casestudy #casting
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DHS Wisconsin entrusted us to deliver a state-wide ADRC directory, opening up access to vital resources for Wisconsin’s aging and disabled population. Learn how we did it in our case study --> https://www.palantir.net/experience/adrc-wisconsin #CaseStudy #DigitalInnovation #Accessibility #digitaltransformation

A Predictive Model For Household Displacement Duration After Disasters
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https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.17710 <-- shared paper
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https://nicolepaul.eu.pythonanywhere.com/ <-- interactive web interface
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #HouseholdPulseSurvey #risk #hazard #damage #loss #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #disaster #naturaldisaster #storm #hurricane #flood #fire #cost #economics #community #publicsafety #effects #predictivemodel #AI #machinelearning #riskanalysis #classifactiontree #socioeconomics #casestudy #mitigation #preparedness #displacement #population

4 Ways The Hunger Games Books & Movies Subvert Expectations Sensitively

All About The Hunger Games  I’m a huge fan of The Hunger Games. If you’ve read the 2023 update of my Thriller Screenplays book, you’ll know the first book and movie is a case study there. As an example of ‘The Hero’s Journey’ plotting…
https://bang2write.com/2025/04/4-ways-the-hunger-games-books-movies-subvert-expectations.html

#audience #books #boxoffice #casestudy #characterrolefunctions
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The Diverse Mountainous Landslide Dataset (DMLD) - A High-Resolution Remote Sensing Landslide Dataset in Diverse Mountainous Regions
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16111886 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #landslide #dataset #detection #deeplearning #remotesensing #highresolution #earthobservation #massmovement #geology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #naturaldisaster #machinelearning #AI #mountain #mountainous #region #China #Yunnan #casestudy #geomorphlogy #geomorphometry #India #NewZealand #Kodagu #Kaikoura #cost #economics #infrastructure #publicsafety #spatialanalysis #model #modeling

Yes, Obviously You Can Kill Your Female Characters (Just Not Like THIS!)

NEWSFLASH: Don’t Use The ‘Fridged Woman’ Trope I predominantly write crime fiction and thriller, which means I kill a LOT of characters. Some of them, inevitably, will be female … because, *obviously* (shrugs). However, because…
https://bang2write.com/2025/03/yes-obviously-you-can-kill-your-female-characters-just-not-like-this.html

#advice #audience #books #casestudy #characterrolefunctions
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A story about an innovative participatory conference session with some surprising outcomes. We all learned a lot—and you will too!

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2010/06/innovative-participatory-conference-session-a-case-study-using-online-tools