I am Sam. Sam I am.

Things I talk about on this channel:
- Characters we love and why we love them
- The meaning of masculinity and its portrayal on screen
- How to write characters and tropes well
- Why modern storytelling keeps falling short

All paid Patreon members get a weekly unscripted video, monthly Q&A Livestream, and more! Patreon members of Champion and higher get to suggest a video topic!


Master Samwise

Tell me why I'm wrong

https://youtu.be/FSoXPquRdL4

5 days ago | [YT] | 138

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Syndrome video got hit with random copyright claim, probably because I dissed Disney on Twitter for proposing user-generated AI slop be shown on Disney+

New version will be up soon

5 days ago | [YT] | 1,087

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10,000 words. I have written 10,000 words of the first draft of my novel in the past 5 days.

So I might not be uploading as much this month. My hope is, in a few years and after who knows how many revisions, you all will get the chance decide if it was worth it.

For you, that is. It’s already worth it for me. I love this story and I’m super excited to discover it even as I tell it.

Follow along: samrodenauthor.com/

1 week ago | [YT] | 1,054

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Favorite Avatar: The Last Airbender episode. Go.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 452

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Friends, November is upon us. You may know it as the month of Thanksgiving, the month where you find out whether your football team is actually good or not, or the month when everything in your yard turns brown.

But for me, this year, it is Novel November.

I have outlined. I have researched. I have worldbuilt. I have discovered character arcs. And in a few days, the story will begin flowing from ink to paper... digitally.

30 days. 50,000 words.

Who knows how much of that 50k I will actually keep. Probably not much. But it will be done. I have a story to tell. And one day, you will be able to read it.

Let's do this.

Follow along here: samrodenauthor.com/
Support and get in-depth updates here: www.patreon.com/MasterSamwise

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 798

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My channel's philosophy of growth: Come for the hot takes, stay for the in-depth character analyses.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 894

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Hey. You. Yes, you. Did you know there are TWO Red Dead Redemption games? Yeah, wild, right? Like, they didn't name it Red Dead Redemption 2 for nothing. There actually was a first one. Everyone else forgot about it, but not me. I dug it up from the archives. There was a hole in the archives, too. Steam sales with dead links, pointing to a space where a game should have been but wasn't. Had to go see an old friend in the undercity to get the coordinates to John Marston. But I did it. And now you can take that journey with me.

https://youtu.be/el4FY5VBUf0

1 month ago | [YT] | 145

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I Apologize John Marston, I Wasn't Familiar with Your Game

New video is now available on Patreon. Will be public on YouTube on Saturday.

www.patreon.com/posts/john-marston-140872386?utm_m…

1 month ago | [YT] | 308

Master Samwise

My plan is to make a series of videos like this one. What other character archetypes work well without an arc? And what characters exemplify that archetype?

E.g. Iroh for the Wise Counselor.

https://youtu.be/UXe3l-gPSSE

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