The Story of
Death or Story
Dominique & Paula met in Los Angeles at Casita Verde daycare where their toddler daughters Ester and Violet were enrolled. They soon discovered a shared love of storytelling and began to write together and edit each other's fiction, TV & film projects. A shorthand of writing tricks and techniques developed between them that has become its own method - one that embraces other methods (Save the Cat, Hero's Journey etc.) and can help any writer get their project to a satisfying conclusion. They call their method 'Death or Story' because that's the level of commitment it requires to finish a piece of writing, and their tools are relentlessly usable, leaving no room for excuses. Also because of that Clash song...
Dominique Buda
I'm a script consultant and screenwriter with 15+ years experience in storytelling. I analyze screenplays and teleplays to provide writers with thoughtful feedback focused on the development of character, theme and structure.
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I lived and worked in Los Angeles, California for many years as a picture editor on feature films and television, which is where I honed my story skills. Working on shows like Project Runway and Keeping Up With The Kardashians, I was tasked with putting "reality" together in the cutting room for maximum dramatic impact, liaising with producers, writers and directors to come up with compelling story that keeps eyeballs glued to the screen. Coming up with creative solutions to on-the-fly story problems in the edit bay sharpened my analytical acumen and honed my instincts for bridging and shaping larger picture ideas without losing sight of detailed nuance.Today I live in Prague, Czech Republic with my two kids. I work with clients all over the world on television pilots, feature screenplays, short stories, fiction and nonfiction manuscripts and more.
Paula Tiberius
I'm a writer, filmmaker and musician with a passion for communicating ideas, whether it's my own screenplays or workshopping someone else's concepts. I'm a process person. Process to me is the same as living in the moment - essentially, it's the only way to be happy.
Recent produced screenplays I’ve written have been featured on Netflix, Amazon, Peacock, CBC, UPtv, INSP and more. I wrote Hallmark's The Jane Mysteries: Murder at Moseby which aired fall 2024, and my camp thriller for Lifetime Television, Hunting Housewives, starring Denise Richards, aired Spring 2024. In 2025, I've got two TV movies coming out on Hallmark in a four-picture series called The Hearts of Robin Lane. I co-directed the TV romance Christmas Time Capsule for UPtv’s 2023 holiday season, and my screenplay Snowbound for Christmas was the #4 Netflix movie in December 2021. I was a lead writer on the one-hour drama The Wedding Planners and my award-winning feature film Goldirocks (2004) was released theatrically in Canada. If you want more ME, visit my website!