How Moonlight Breaks the "Rules"

Moonlight won best picture and best screenplay, yet this film breaks a lot of "conventional" writing and story structure advice. Can character development be more important than plot? Ingrid breaks it down.
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[@TerynMacallan]

So insightful and full of joy! thank you so much for speaking on this masterpiece of a film, Ingrid. I hope you have a great day; I just know so many people will come to love your content

[@IngridsNotes]

Thank you Teryn! I loved Moonlight. It was such a compelling and beautiful film.

[@atharris8]

This movie is stuck in my head.