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Brian Work

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August 02

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Brian Work is a writer, filmmaker, actor, and theatre teacher from Atlanta, GA. He is the author of the YA fantasy novel Into the Black, as well as the writer/director of the feature film Uncommon Law.

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Handbook of Model-making for Set Designers

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Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development

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“I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.”
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“Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.”
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“I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil.”
― Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero

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“If God is supposed to be merciful,' [Arthur] retorted, 'I don't see why He shouldn't allow people to stumble into heaven, just as well as climb there”
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“Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.”
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