We all fell in love with word crunchers through the 2002 documentary Spellbound. Watching little kids get put through self-induced and parental intellectual hell inspired awe, sympathy, and a new respect for a literate faction of population that doesn’t normally gain that much publicity.
But spinning off a fictional story from this reality has its challenges. Now that we’ve all seen the real thing, a technical accuracy has to be met. There’s also the difficult balance between maintaining realism and building an entertaining enough story to keep you focused.
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