50 Lessons from ARCANE WRITERS
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Quotes from Arcane writers (Alex Yee, Christian Linke, Amanda Overton) interviews and behind the scenes, formulated as concrete writing lessons. Learn straight from the masters!
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Bridging the Rift - • Arcane: Bridging the R...
Game Maker’s Notebook - • Creating Arcane with A...
Screen Rant Plus - • Christian Linke & Alex...
BAFTA Guru - • Q&A with the creators ...
Netflix FYSEE panel - • Netflix FYSEE - Arcane...
Note: Unfortunately the Sundance Collab interview was never uploaded to the public (I screencapped those parts when I saw it live). If I end up finding a link down the line, I’ll post it here.
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How Arcane Writes Women - • How ARCANE Writes Women
Spider-Verse Analysis playlist - • spider-verse
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0:00 - Happy 2nd Arcaniversary!!
2:05 - 1 Impossible decisions
4:02 - 2 Relationship to change
5:02 - 3 Uncrossable lines
5:59 - 4 Alienation
7:35 - 5 Chip on shoulder
9:14 - 6 Ask questions
10:32 - 7 Strong emotion
13:14 - 8 How does it feel?
14:11 - 9 Mundane details
15:21 - 10 Find media
16:49 - 11 Do things
17:41 - 12 Surprise
18:20 - 13 Find nuance
19:35 - 14 Lows/highs
22:12 - 15 Use all tools
23:05 - 16 Plot heavy
26:50 - 17 Character driven
27:58 - 18 World arc
28:41 - 19 Tension
30:04 - 20 Bones
32:28 - 21 Tone
35:01 - 22 Checklist
35:24 - 23 Openings
36:35 - 24 Poor Powder
37:43 - 25 Imperfect decisions
38:29 - 26 Messy mind
40:09 - 27 Traffic cop
42:30 - 28/29 Cut fat/estimate space
44:41 - 30 Organizing principle
46:18 - 31 Finish
47:06 - 32 What type
49:23 - 33 Trust
50:19 - 34 Trial/error
51:37 - 35 Know better
53:29 - 36 Love
56:17 - 37 No golden formula
57:45 - 38 Ask for help
58:27 - 39 Magicians
59:30 - 40 “Get it”
1:00:25 - 41 Importance
1:02:36 - 42 Obligation
1:05:19 - 43 Good stress
1:06:58 - 44 Repair ego
1:09:09 - 45 FREE
1:10:07 - 46 Reconnect
1:12:04 - 47 Get stuff done
1:14:29 - 48 Learn fast
1:15:48 - 49 Reframe
1:17:26 - 50 Voice exercise
1:18:56 - 51 BONUS!
1:20:09 - THANK YOU
1:20:47 - All 51
1:21:21 - 2 announcements 
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Your videos and analysis is great. I would like you to do some from blue eye samurai too
hallo! would you consider making a video or two on blue eye samurai? I really love the analysis you did for arcane and I'm having trouble other videos like it for blue eye samurai
I came here also to recommend blue Eye samurai, I find the vengance, trauma and rejection similar but different to what jinx went through
I appreciate so much the lil scenes you created with the plushies! made the whole video much more interesting to watch and I found myself looking forward to their next appearance. Not to mention this was an amazing analysis as always, and incredibly useful for those of us who enjoy writing! Thank you for this video, I'll watch again soon for sure! -- Like, come on that shot with Caitlyn's mouthless plushie with a taped mouth got me laughing my socks off
I think I remember Alex Hirsh talking about "breaking an episode" in the Gravity Falls commentary tracks. He seemed to describe it as separating the episode up into acts between commercial breaks. There's a set up, commercial, act two that ends on a cliffhanger going into the climax, commercial, then the climax and resolution. The definitions are similar. Both have to do with pacing out the tension in an episode, but Alex Hirsh's definition explains why it's called "breaking" and not "building".
Breaking Bad had the same thing. Break into acts around TV breaks, with each act ending on a reason to continue the episode.
Also sounds Not Dissimilar to chunking. An organisational exercise for timetabling your day by time slots and dedicatung XYZ amount of time per activity/task
@@top-notanalysis4942 ???? Not similar at all.
@@YourBlackLocal I said Not Dissimilar. As in, yes, they are similar
@@top-notanalysis4942 And i said they aren't.
1. Give your characters impossible decisions.
2. Find complexity in the character relationship to change.
3. What is the line your character won't cross?.
4. Use empathy to prevent character flaws and mistakes from alienating your audience.
5. Build compelling characters by giving them a chip on their shoulder or something to prove.
6. Ask questions about your character's life.
7. Start with a strong emotion or a defined relationship, then find the interesting story that leads us there.
8. Ask "how does it feel to be this character?".
9. Ask question about your character's mundane daily life.
10. Find media that your character's undefinable qualities and use that to guide you.
11. Do things your characters do. How does it make you feel? What do you think about?.
12. Adopt a mindset of letting your character write their own stories.
13. Find the nuance.
14. Find the lows that honor the highs. Find the other side of your character.
15. Use all your tools.
16. If you story feels soulless fix it by bringing character elements to the forefront every step of the way.
17. Create a chain of events where it's only character choice that drives the story forward.
18. Separate character arcs from the world arc.
19. Track the build up of tension throughout your story.
20. Figure out the bones of your story first, then work your way outwards.
21. Find tone that will breathe life into your story.
22. Ask "How does this scene develop the character", "How does this scene further the plot", and "How does this scene teach the audience something new about the world". Answer at least 2.
23. Use your opening as an opportunity to frame your whole story.
24. Make things so close to working out... before they fail.
25. Use perfect decision making to set up an optimistic plot line, and sue human imperfection to lay groundwork for your inevitable realistic plot line.
26. Cultivate a "messy mind".
27. Use small picture goals to move big picture goals.
28. If your story is a mess, get rid of extra stuff.
29. Figure out how much space you're working with.
30. Find an organizing principle.
31. Prioritize finishing a draft (to understand what you need to cut / reorganize).
32. Figure out what type of story you want to write and what type of story you don't want to write.
33. Trust your audience.
34. Sometimes the only way to solve a problem is trial and error.
35. Know better than your audience.
36. Write the story you would fall in love with.
37. There's no golden formula, do learn from others, but ultimately find your own way.
38. Be ready and willing to ask for help when your story needs it.
39. Find people who are really good at what you want to be good at and make friends with them.
40. When you are reaching out for help, prioritize people who get it.
41. Find people who think the work is important.
42. Be driven by a sense of obligation.
43. Don't be afraid go (good) stress, it can be a powerful motivator.
44. When you feel overwhelmed, repair your ego first, then power through.
45. Prioritize feeling free and open when it's time to create.
46. Recharge your batteries by reconnecting to the creative vision you originally fell in love with.
47. Being good at getting stuff done is a separate skill from thing creative; treat it as such.
48. Learn as fast as you can.
49. Always be looking for opportunity in what seems like an obstacle.
50. Get better at writing voice by using league champions and voice lines as a method.
51. Forget everything. Write what you think is cool. Write a story you would love.
I love everyone putting their notes in the comments
1:08 One small important caveat here. They didn't teleport to the top of the mountain, they scaled it, painfully over the course of a couple years. They backslid at times, and had many points where they wanted to give up because they never thought they'd reach the summit, but nevertheless, they kept climbing until they reached the top. It's really amazing dedication, mad respect to those guys for the achievement!
Thank you! I was freaking baffled when i heard "they went straight to blackbelt"... It took goddamn 7 years with it being essentially axed for a while - that is exactly the mountain everyone sees as a beginner
Oh and hiring some talented writer to help out certainly solved the issue of it being greenlit - that whole reason leadership okay-ed it y'know... (according to the "5 how it was made
episodes")
00:25 📚 Arcane's writers started as beginners but made smart decisions to create a high-level narrative, proving it's possible to excel without prior experience.
01:08 🤔 Craft impossible decisions for characters; it fuels complex, character-driven storytelling seen in Arcane.
02:33 🌟 Characters' hopes, fears, and impossible decisions shape compelling narratives, crucial for emotional and meaningful storytelling.
04:25 🔄 Characters' relationships with change are key; resistance, denial, or ignorance of change can offer rich conflicts.
06:33 🤝 Empathy helps prevent character flaws from alienating audiences; relatable mistakes or actions retain audience connection.
08:56 🎭 Create characters with a chip on their shoulder or something to prove; these motives drive actions and conflict in the story.
10:18 🤔 Explore characters' lives, childhood goals, and motivations; ask intriguing questions to build depth and drive the story.
12:53 🎵 Emotional backgrounds and individual character themes infuse authenticity; start with strong emotions or relationships to drive compelling narratives.
14:58 🎨 Consider character's day-to-day life for vivid scenes; small details about a character's routine or behavior enrich storytelling.
17:04 🛠 Experience what your characters do; engaging in their activities provides authentic insights and can reshape your understanding of the character.
18:01 📝 Allow characters to surprise you; let them drive the story and actions, adding depth and unpredictability to their development.
18:45 🎭 Understanding characters' nuances involves exploring their past, relationships, and struggles to make them feel authentic.
19:40 📝 Beginnings of characters often stem from their extremes; developing the other side of their persona helps create more human stories.
21:05 🌟 Balancing extremes in character personalities, like Jinx's wildness and quiet, thoughtful sides, requires authentic transitions between these states.
22:14 🛠 Using various character creation methods (over 20-30) helps in developing comprehensive character arcs and plot elements.
23:24 🧭 Avoiding a plot-heavy narrative involves integrating character conflicts and needs into the story to breathe life into it.
27:17 🔄 Creating moments of full autonomy for characters drives the story forward with their choices, not just overcoming obstacles.
28:00 🌐 Character arcs integrated with the world plot, driven by character choices, elevate the stakes and consequences, giving the story weight.
30:21 📝 "Breaking an episode" involves structuring the story around key elements, focusing on assembling the story rather than linear progression.
32:46 🎭 Tone plays a significant role in story identity; Arcane found its tone by connecting with the emotional aspects of its setting, beats, and character traits.
35:09 📋 A successful scene criteria checklist: Develop character, further plot, teach something new about the world, providing actionable guidance for writers.
35:49 🎬 Openings should frame the entire story, guiding audience focus even if surprises await, to avoid aimlessness and engage the audience from the start.
36:45 📝 Craft an unexpected plot by outlining a coherent, expected storyline while hiding a more meaningful arc that leads somewhere unexpected.
37:55 🖋 Use imperfect decisions to create a realistic plotline alongside an optimistic one; showcase human imperfections for depth.
38:36 🧩 Managing complex storylines involves structuring arcs and themes; separate character and plot arcs for clarity.
39:44 🧠 Embrace messiness in storytelling as part of the process; prepare a mindset comfortable with dealing with chaotic elements.
42:08 🚦 Manage story beats like a traffic cop, ensuring eachcharacter arc aligns with broader story goals.
43:17 📏 Control the pacing and content of each episode by determining the number of story beats and scenes, reducing unnecessary elements.
45:22 📽 Focus episodes on specific characters or themes to simplify complex storytelling structures; this creates a clearer narrative.
46:49 🎯 Understand the quality and essence of the story you want to craft; know what type of story you don't want to write as well.
47:15 🧭 Develop a relationship between your story and audience expectations; guide decisions based on the desired audience experience.
50:05 🤝 Trust your audience's ability to handle complexity but ensure your story quality justifies the level of messiness.
51:04 🕵♂ Untangle messiness with trial and error; not every problem has a secret formula, sometimes it's about trying every possible solution.
52:45 🤔 Take calculated risks in storytelling even if they deviate from audience expectations; trust your instincts on what's best for the story.
53:40 🛠 Start by crafting a story you'd want to see; commit to following your own creative vision rather than bending too much to external expectations.
54:34 📚 Writing advice often focuses on effective delivery to audiences but can't dictate what you love in a story.
55:15 💡 Your personal taste is the guiding light for storytelling; write what you love rather than trying to fit someone else's standard.
56:40 📝 No universal golden formula exists for writing; discover your own process while learning from various advice and determining what works uniquely for you.
57:37 🔍 Don't mold your story to fit rules or advice; focus on what helps your narrative, disregarding what doesn't align with your vision.
58:19 🤝 Be open to seeking help when your skill level doesn't match the vision for your story; humility and willingness to ask for assistance are crucial.
59:16 🌟 Surround yourself with people skilled in what you aim to achieve; seek mentors, friends, or groups that align with your writing aspirations.
01:00:53 🤝 Prioritize collaborators or mentors who understand your vision rather than merely those well-versed in writing rules or techniques.
01:02:47 🌍 See your creative endeavor as a duty beyond personal fulfillment; be driven by a sense of obligation to the audience or a greater purpose.
01:04:36 🌟 If your story lacks a sense of obligation or importance to you, find something that does; being driven by a duty will sustain your commitment.
01:06:44 🔄 Distinguish between good stress that motivates and bad stress that erodes control; maintain a balance to prevent overwhelming pressure.
01:08:02 🤲 Address your sense of dignity and self-care before diving back into creative work; repairing your ego is vital to making good creative decisions.
01:10:38 🌟 Reconnect with the initial creative vision to regain confidence and energize your commitment; find inspiration to combat overwhelming obstacles.
01:12:03 🛠 Getting things done in creative projects involves diverse skills beyond just ideation or writing; it requires understanding the various crafts involved, planning, managing finances, and fostering good work habits.
01:13:25 📚 To materialize creative dreams like 'Arcane,' understanding the processes beyond writing is crucial; learning about different crafts, project planning, hiring, and finances is as important as writing itself.
01:14:34 🔍 Embrace mistakes as opportunities to learn rather than glorifying failure; fast learning involves identifying mistakes, being decisive, and swiftly adapting to new skills.
01:15:57 🌟 Obstacles in storytelling can be reframed as opportunities; recognizing challenges like shortening attention spans can inspire narrative innovation and complexity.
01:17:38 🎭 Improve writing by exploring diverse character voices; practicing writing lines for different characters helps in dialogue exploration and enhances voice diversity in storytelling.
01:19:17 📝 At the core of creating impactful stories lies the simplicity of writing what you find cool and love; prioritize crafting stories you are passionate about rather than conforming to expected norms or statements.
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Schnee needs to pin this. Having a summary after a thorough watching is necessary.
The hero we need not the one we deserved
Thank you SparkNotes you are wonderful. If anyone tries to tell you that you aren't wonderful remember you at least did this.
One of my favorite quotes when it comes to encouragement is "the lightbulb was invented by candlelight", in order to be great, you have to work with what you have first
That intro is the exact amount of production value I want from this channel.
1. I’ve started saying that I wish more writers got interviewed for their shows, not just the actors. A show my whole family likes is X Files, and while some of those episodes are super creative, I don’t know why they were written the way they were.
2. I’ve started using bits and pieces of how Arcane is written to help with my own writing, and I think it’s been working. I’ve been getting better, and that’s such an amazing feeling.
YES. I've always wondered why the whole team wasn't always interviewed. I umderstand the creators and productors are priotized, obviously, but sometimes the whole picture is needed. I want to know how the work environment felt like from different perspectives, I want to know other people's experiences working as a creative team, I want to know other people's opinions on the whole process from their points of view
It doesn't need to be all the 2000 individuals that worked on the thing, just some others than the main people
I'm not a big commenter, but I just wanted to say your writing advice videos (and this one especially) have totally changed my mindset about writing and just how inextricably linked it is with the way I live my life, if that makes sense. To me, writing has for the longest time been this great aspiration that I have, a skill that has seemed incredibly daunting and difficult to master, something that I could never find the time for alongside my responsibilities. But you've made something click in my brain: I don't need to put my life on hold for writing, writing can be something that will help with me navigate who I am as a person and how I move through life and in turn, the skills and experiences that I've acquired in other areas can help me with my writing. Creative pursuits are never just these cold, hard skills to be mastered but they're always tied to our humanity and that's what makes them so magical.
Very well said. I have had a similar experience with this channel. The way he thinks about writing and storytelling finally made it click for me that I can use the way I already think and solve problems to tell good stories. Before, writing always felt like this abstractly artsy thing that some people had a talent for and some didn't.
Not me here again a dry sponge ready to take in ALLLLLL the writing tips for my DnD campaign. Thank you so very much Schnee for being a fantastic dissector of Arcane, Spiderverse, and many other works of art. Your perspective and how you take things apart and re-assemble them so masterfully is always welcome. You inspire me to be a better writer.
Pro tip: Burning Wheel's system of Beliefs are extremely good at structuring this kind of character growth in-game.
Or, for a more brief overview, Hot Circle is a lite hack that also does it very well.
2 years already holy cow
Just five minutes in, and I think I’ve taken something incredibly valuable from this video.
The characters all follow the same template. They’re all based on the same ideas of “impossible choice”
They’re all built with the same format of an initial goal, a developed goal, and the development of that goal.
And that’s what makes them so great! The chemistry and conflict between characters is all there because they’re all fighting over the same ideas. They all care about the same things: family, love, power, the people of their cities.
If they weren’t built like that, the conflict just wouldn’t be there. You need your characters to agree on what’s important for there to be effective conflict and communication.
The template doesn’t restrict the creativity of the writers and the unique aspects of the characters. It gives the writers a baseline, giving them more time to work on expressing the characters through how they interact with the core functions that make them a part of this story.
Effectively using these formats is probably the smartest thing you can do, in any work you do.
You don’t need to use the same format for your story, and sometimes it might even make sense to use different formats for different characters in the same story, but it really just struck me how ingenious of a method it is at bringing characters together over shared conflicts and just improving the character, themes, and plot in one fell swoop.
I’m gonna keep watching now, might reply to myself if I have more to say, hopefully I didn’t catch on too quickly.
(Not sure if I’ll consciously remember all this, but you’ve certainly planted the idea deep in my head. Truly invaluable, thank you so much)
Very interetsting take! But could you give examples of " initial goal, a developed goal, and the development of that goal" of some characters? Im not sure I udnerstood this one.
@@Sorine9 well, initially Silco wants to control Zaun, but he develops an emotional connection to Jinx, and that attachment becomes something of a goal.
Different characters will go about these goals differently, and that’s where their unique parts can come to shine. For example, Silco doesn’t even realize that he’s starting to care for Jinx, whereas other characters are more aware of how they’re changing.
The biggest thing I realized is that these formats don’t actually restrict your creativity. They focus it into characters that can actually play important roles in the story, which allows their development and the development of the plot and themes to become one and the same thing.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the show, and like I said I’m not really a writer, so hopefully it’s enough for me to leave it there.
Just a note on the first bit - it isn’t just Christian and Alex who worked on the script for Arcane. They had an original script that they completed scrapped so they brought in experts to help them rewrite…
I love that Amanda expressed how intuitively she wanted Caitlyn or Vi to think of one another in a scene. A lot of this video shows how much of writing is assembling and breaking down ideas but don't forget to follow your intuition to see if it takes you to something more interesting or even finds the solution to one of your narrative problems.
openings are incredibly important. powder and vi's relationship is the focal point of the whole story. i cant imagine being as hooked as i was with any other characters or with any other scene. i cannot express how precious arcane's opening is to me. it's one of the reasons i kept watching the show, because the girls and their relationship meant so much to me from the very beginning.
It's been over two years and I still think about this masterpiece. I hope they can nail the consistency of season 1 and apply it to future seasons.
This has got to be more useful and easier to understand advice than half of all books about writing out there (and I am not even halfway thorugh the video). Thank you for putting this together!!
i appreciate it! thanks a lot!!
Agreed. I’m writing a story and a D&D campaign. I’ll be using much of this advice.
53:11 Also, if the risky solution is what makes you, the author, excited by your story, then you know “better” because that’s how you are uniquely telling the story. Take the risk because that’s how *you* want to tell it.
Lovely! Thank you. I wish writers journal more when they are in the process... Retrospectives tend to romanticize
My favorite book of all time is East of Eden, and his daily process was that he wrote the initial draft by hand in a bound journal a friend gave him, and he'd start the day by journaling his thoughts on the back sides of the pages, then he'd write the book on the front sides, and the journals were eventually published. It's a FASCINATING read for steinbeck fans!
This rejuvenated my will to work on a writing project i've been working on for several months, but have ig put it on hold (school stuff). I was working on an epic revolution story set in an Indian cyberpunk world, but on top of not having a lot of time to work on it, I also didn't have a lot of concrete advice to use on it. I had no clue how to outline it, and some aspects of several characters were kinda confusing, almost hypocritical (i wanted my villain to be arrogant in the face of my MC, but also paranoid bc of him) and the advice in this video really helped me plan a way out of that. thanks. you are singlehandedly the best writing channel i think i've ever come across.
Wow that sounds interesting. I would love to read it if you want to put it out there!
Just wanna say I rediscovered your channel a few months ago and it has taught me SO MUCH about fiction analysis and how I can apply certain techniques in my own writing. I know Thanksgiving has just past but I am so grateful for all the effort and love you put into these videos and I'm always excited for a new release.
This video has been increadibly useful for me for getting out of the rut i've been in. I've been working on a novel for the past seven years (crazy, I know) and the process has been very touch and go. It was always hard to commit to the project, other interests would come up and hold my attention. I have always felt the obligation to tell my story, so that really resonated with me, but in the process of writing I often found my own story uninteresting or overly daunting to write. The advice of focus on writing the story you want to fall in love with is so simple and sweet, it perfectly incapsulates what is important. My novel is at about 160,000 words... I already know the multitude of ways that I want to change it, I just need to buckle down and get to it.
Last words I need to get off my chest; I need to rewatch this as its obviously a lot of advice but following your channel for the past two years has been helpful. As you mentioned, sometimes things get really messy with so much advice and infomation floating around and I rarely ever took notes, I've just tried to put the lessons into practice with my writing. Sometimes it makes me think you and the writers whose work you analyse are geniuses, but that line of thinking obviously does nothing to get me to focus on self improvement.
Anyway, thank you again. I'm hoping 2024 is the year I become a published author.
I’m in the same boat as you! I wish you the best of lucking finishing it! I’m slowly coming out of my writing rut and getting back to working on my story. It’s exhausting but also rewarding.
5 minutes in, I know I'll be rewatching this one
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Schnee has taught me more about writing than my BA at university ever did.
Thank you Professor Schnee!
abt the “loneliness vs. enemy” thing w powder and silco, powder/jinx had no idea that silco was responsible for what happened to vander and the rest of them. she didn’t find out until ep 8 or 9 when she gets shimmered up and is hiding behind vander’s statue when she hears silco’s speech to it
How did you even come to this conclusion? She knew it very well bc she was literally there when all of it happened. And mentioned Silco monologuing about his relationship with Vander many times before.
@@KaterynaM_UAyeah, she was watching through the cannery's window. She saw silco on the other side commanding people to fight vi, at least. And even if she didn't see him, she isn't stupid. She would have figured it out quickly after being taken in by Silco, if she didn't figure it out instantly when she saw him.
She knew he took Vander, but since she technically did kill her family, she probably felt like she couldn’t blame him for that. However, Jinx didn’t like that Silco treated her situation as if it was the same as his and Vander’s.
I enjoy the commentary on their lack of social commentary. Whenever we see female (or minority) leads, people immediately try to dissect the motives of it.
It is genuinely possible to be extremely invested in and excited about a story that isn't about yourself.
I've always had the mindset regarding people complaining about female/minority leads, and also people complaining about male/majority leads, is that if you need the character to be a certain thing or look a certain way to connect to them, that's on you, as a viewer. It's the writers job to make something they're passionate about, it's on the audience to accept or deny the product of that passion.
I'm not interested in writing or storytelling but I found your channel and the qulity of your videos + my love for arcane got me watching every single one! Cheers!
Let’s goooo the legend has returned!
2 years already!! it's crazy! I'm still rewatch it time to time! Only one more years to go for Season 2
Thank you Schnee! This video has hit a sweet spot with me, especially after hearing advice over and over again that didn’t feel right. Whether they would feel like a plug and chug formula or a vague decrieptions of what to do (“Be more character driven”), this video actually helped me understand so many things nagging me about writing!
(ALSO PROTECT THE JINX, CAITLYN AND VI PLUSHIES AT ALL COSTS!!!!)
Amazing analysis! Thank you for the awesome insights. We need more stories like this!
YESSSS Another schnee video on a sunday night 😌
Dude, this is what I needed. I am in awe of your analysis videos and Arcane. Also, the Spiderverse videos, too. I want to be the best writer I can be. This is like a buffet of writing tips I can't wait to indulge in. Thank you!!!
I love your 1min analysis series, and here's a bit of symbolism regarding Arcane I'd like to hear your thoughts on: at the end of ep 2 and ep 9, Vi and Jinx are both sitting on a chair resigned to the fate they willingly chose, then they stand up to face their enemy, Piltover. The difference is, Vi is trying to end the conflict by turning herself in, and is stopped by Vander. Jinx starts a war, and anyone who can stop her is either rendered immobile or dead. I think it's an interesting detail.
Happy 2nd anniversary!
The wait........has been hell........I can't wait for season 2. (Edit: at the same time, it's really nice getting a video from you about Arcane again =D
RE: number 39 and planning magic...I remember during the Sundance interview when Christian said it, and I got goose bumps. As you note, it applies to so much of life beyond writing. I'm glad you used it here.
I just thought that if Jinx didn’t get so traumatized and had such bad luck she would have probably been as fun loving as lol Jinx. And Vi would be her sassy self and wouldn’t have so much responsibility weighing her down. I can’t just imagine their dynamic 😭
i dream of the day where arcane-tier writing is just considered industry standard and not some once-in-a-century rarity.
because when you hear these principles distilled to its basic components, it's really writing 101 in any self-respecting lit course. there is actually nothing truly revolutionary or never before seen in the way the writers worked... they simply were meticulously following as many basic principles as possible while having a clear sense of what they want.
if anything could be considered truly out of the norm with arcane, it's probably the ridiculously long lead time they had in production. of course, they had a talented team of extremely committed artists in every department as well, but if they were only given 6 months and one-tenth the budget (like the AHEM anime industry in japan) there is no way they could've been THIS meticulous with every little detail and put out such a labour of love.
if industry execs really wanna learn anything here, it's figuring out how to know you have a team worth investing time and money into. and i don't think that kind of risk-taking can be distilled down into any simple formula.
No wayyyyy, it's finally out!!!!! Ever since you mentioned your idea for this in your video about the AMA, I've been hoping that I'd see it appear on your channel. And after a year of waiting, that day has finally come! Thank you for how much effort you put into your videos, it makes each of them a joy to watch! And with that, I'll dive into this one. Thanks again!!!!
Edit: happy channel anniversary!
I’m currently 3 years into writing my first ever full narrative and the fact that they wrote such an incredible story with no prior experience is super inspiring.
There's also a way to reverse the “everything is going right” plot reversal with everything is going wrong while subtly building small details that can build a positive outcome reversal. A good example is something you've already covered in the Battle of Helm’s Deep…
An hour and twenty minutes of QUOTES + schnee commentary = Yes. Hell yes. Let’s gooooooo!
Holy shit, you and Local are talking? You two are like my main writing mentors right now!
We'll be waiting for your review on season 2 Schnee!!
I’m fleshing out a webtoon. This is exactly what I needed - wow. Amazing.
I can't believe i missed this before. Your explanation and breakdown is a Masterclass built upon genius explaining a dream. Coming back over and over again.
We should all feel blessed to be getting lessons from the writing gods themselves.🙏
i'll be rewatching a few times to better organize and process myself. Thank you for making this in depth look
This video is amazing. I've been writing for years, and listen to a whole lot of online writing classes and podcasts to refine my skills. But from now on if anyone ever asks me for advice on how to make a good story, I'm going to show them this video.
Love watching through these videos they help me so much with writing .So thank you and keep doing these videos!
Thank you for this video, schnee :)
I felt kind of overwhelmed in the middle because there just seems to be so MUCH you could do to make a story „perfect“ but what you said in the end kind of brought me back to reality and to think about what I love so much about creating stories: I just love creating stories. And that‘s basically it.
Random fun fact but did you know that schnee means snow in German? I don’t know if you ever talked about where your channel name comes from but I’d really love to know!
Returned to this video after a huge break, and God does it make me sob! I’m currently building a product that I’m hoping to turn into a business, and do these lessons sound just right to tear me up!
Time passes so quickly, 2nd anniversary already. :D
Btw I just wnted to tell that Arcane as a media pushed me to work on my own stories and to finally try out to write a book. First draft of it was complete in september this year but work is stiil in progress. And content like in this helps not only just in advising but giving a direction and choice to follow it or not. Mindsets of people are different and just listening to others process of thinking or work helped a lot through these years.
Thanks for the analysis.
Your channel is a goldmine. Thanks as always
I feel like I'll probably come back to this video every now and then when I'm feeling lost with my writing. This has been a big help as always so thank you!
By the way, I love how in part 40, you use Jayce and Victor in the context of "getting it", you could not have chosen a more perfect parallel.
This is gold! Thank you for making this.
Another 1hour+ video on Arcane... You bet I watching it.
Everything you say is so well phrased, thank you for putting all the effort into these videos.
Huge work on your part for putting all of this together
My favorite show in the world after just one season
This is incredibly helpful and well structured writing advice! Thanks to everyone for all your insight and hard work! ❤️
Another great video, it’s been such a pleasure to have you to dissect all the lovely details of Arcane over the past two years! Looking forward to many more ❤
schnee will be the biggest league youtuber in november 2024.Wonder why :)))
Thank you so much for putting this together! I haven’t taken notes like that since high school. You do amazing work and we appreciate the effort you put out to help all of us improve.
I believe these writers were able to do such a good job because they asked the right questions. Writing at the end of the day is structuring a plot around questions and the answers lie withing the audience's mind. That's what good writing is in my opinion.
I've basically been taking notes on every single point in this video and every single one of them has been helpful and has augmented my own writing style and my own writing rules I've been building over the last ten years of learning. So much good knowledge in here damn
i really appreciate your commentary and analysis videos, schee! they've really changed the way that i've looked at writing and made me think about things that i've just never considered. it's funny because your channel is the only thing i've ever taken notes for HAHA your videos really motivate me to improve my writing and implement a lot of these different ideas/tips. so i just wanted to say thank you!!!
Very grateful for you channel - happy anniversary ❤
Thank you for this video. I've been waiting forever for this!
this video alone is going to help through years to come. thanks schnee for another amazing video.
Unrelated, but you absolutely NEED to analyse blue eye samurai. We'd all love to see your take on it
Congratulations!
Always a pleasure to watch and listen to your videos!
this is everything to me (especially the last few points). Thank you for dedicating yourself to making this whopping 1.5hr video. As someone who identifies as the farest thing from a writer, maybe I can write a story true to myself someday.
you should watch blue eye samurai it reminded me of arcane a teeny bit
Great video. I've been following you for two years, and your work (and Arcane, obv.) have helped prod me to be a more productive and less derivative writer. Thanks for everything!
I was worried something had happened with no videos for a month. Worth the wait!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank youu! For all of your videos.
I am not a writer but I am a creative, and I feel that your take aways from this video especially but also your analysis in general is more than "how to be a writer" its "how to be a creator" overall.
I am currently interning for VFX in games while trying to balance in my need for designing and creating games overall. Your videos help me a lot in keeping my eyes on what matters. I often derail, getting into my own head and get blatant panic attacks over the feeling of being overwhelmed of all I wish to accomplish, your videos always leave me with a feeling of "this is possible" and gives me back the fight to create and the focus needed to not break in the process.
So thank you for sharing the love and insights on the shows we love! Keep on going it matters!
thank you so much for this amazing work. It is helpful and more importantly it is a spark to start practicing🙏
Amazing video! Thanks for this!
I was shooketh at the anouncement that you're doing a colab with Local, Let's Go! Two of my favorite analysts in the same video is gonna be lit!
This is such a well made video, thank you for making it!!
I will come back to watch this regularly, I reckon
This was all amazing, very excited for Ghibli videos!
Hey, gonna watch this later, but I'm definitely hyped af for this! Happy arcanniversary!
I absolutely adore and appreciate this entire video thank you so much
thank you for bringing these all together... and with timestamps! views, likes and subs are well deserved
Whenever Schnee posts the sky is clearer, the bird sing louder and life is just better 😌
I love to watch you interviewing these guys
Thank you so much for this video !
As someone also trying to write a story, I'm in the opposite situation where I am writing a lot (passed a 100k word benchmark) but haven't done much to put myself out there.
So much to do and too much freedom to go anywhere and do anything, really starts to become overwhelming.
OMG thank you! Bless your heart❤
This is awesome, thank you so much!
As a sidenote, I see that some people have recommended you watch Blue Eye Samurai, and I just want to second that! It's the first show I've watched that's really blown me away since Arcane, and I bet you'd really like all of the complex themes that the writers explore. That's all! You have a good one 😄
Love this so much, thank you
i'll be coming back for the rest of my life. Thank you so much for sharing these valuable lessons in writing. I have felt unconfindent when it comes to my writing so your videos are always helpful with creating a foundation with how I want to write. It nice to know that Im not the only one with a "messy mind" and that there's ways to create stutucre for me by slowly building new ways to create. Im not used to creating and meeting new people on purpose even though I am an artist and writer with the goal of being a show runner 😂 but ill slowly get better at that over time
Again, thank you so much for making this video cause ill be rewatching this a ton in future🍉❤
Your videos are so helpful and so inspirational and arcane is such a big inspiration for me so happy channel anniversary!!! And I hope you get that job!!!! (Aka working for the arcane writers!!!!!)
THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO EVER FOR TRYING TO IMPROVE AT THE CRAFT OF WRITING ILY
YES YES YES THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS
I love these types of videos. I am NOT a writer (not even of OCs for my art or anything). But watching is like watching a video about how some sciency thing works. Im interested to no end, but i doubt imma be implementing this knowledge in any sort of measurable capasity.
Can’t wait to see Local on the channel. Both of you guys have refreshing options on writing :)
Dude, this was goddamn magical, I don't usually watch videos about writing? (Or watch any videos at all, tbh). And yet here I found myself TAKING NOTES! I love all about it. Yeah, you collected the quotes, BUT you did an amazing work with synthesis, and dispensed a ton of real wisdom that was all yourself!! Beautiful. All your videos about Arcane (the most tightly woven, closest to perfection I've seen in a script) have been immensely useful.
A friend the other day was stressing me out immensely insisting on "OH BUT YOU REALLY SHOULD USE CHAT GPT FOR YOUR WRITING, IMAGINE IT'S LIKE, YOUR PERSONAL EDITING LEPERCHAUN??" I couldn't get him to understand how crucial are connection and personal taste and your own well of emotions and symbols, how damn personal and intense is the creative process. We're from Chile and English is my second language; and oh god, I wish I could send him your entire channel, but in special, this. Thank you so much for the amazing work you do!!
Great job man!!!