Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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This week on On Story, screenwriter Mark L. Smith joins us for a conversation on writing the blockbuster, disaster-thriller film Twisters and his process crafting plot-driving action and compelling conflicts to hook audiences in his stand-alone sequel to the 1996 film.

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