A look at the writing device of self-insertion, when writers put themselves into their story either as themselves or through the guise of a fictional character.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - What is Self Insertion?
02:34 - Stephen King's Self-Insertion In The Dark Tower Series
03:45 - Marvel's Use Of Real People As Characters
04:50 - Mary Sues
05:48 - M. Night Shyamalan's First Film And Early Career
06:53 - Lady In The Water
10:45 - Malcolm & Marie
15:46 - Bardo: False Chronicle Of A Handful of Truths
18:20 - Outro

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Music:
Every Track an Essay - Spurensuche, Masterminds, Inspector Gadget, Cave Paintings, Into the Unknown, Veiled in Secrecy (CC-BY)
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Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Kendrick Lamar - euphoria

Credit:
Articles From The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Brut Original

Movies & TV Shows Featured:
Man Of Steel, John Wick, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Twilight, Captain Marvel, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Belfast, The Fabelmans, Aftersun, Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Past Lives, Malcolm and Marie, Euphoria, Velma, The Davinci Code, Inferno, The Dark Tower, The Sixth Sense, Lady In The Water, The Revenant, Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance), The Room, The 400 Blows, 8 1/2/, The Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 3, Fantastic Four (2015), Praying With Anger, Lost In Translation, Marriage Story, Her