“Tell stories about battles, legends, & tumultuous sexual triangles. Make it fun! Never trade intimate character revelations with endless, ugly ‘talking.’ Show the climax. Telling becomes mostly unnecessary.”

Professor Sheila Peters’ opening remarks to her creative writing class during which we were first introduced to her non-linear lecturing style. Also, a mnemonic for the feature-length films Pixar has produced thus far (Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University).