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Feb 10, 2025
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Go Into The Story
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Scott Myers
Screenwriting Tip: What about the Protagonist and the inciting incident?“Something. Happens. In my view, that is the essence of an inciting incident.”
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Feb 9
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Screenwriting 101: Park Chan-Wook“A common beginner’s mistake would be to try and be perfect about everything that you write, and each line that you write you want to make…
Feb 6
Feb 6
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“Each scene must be a drama in itself”This advice from silent movie era screenwriter Jeanie Macpherson still resonates today.
Dec 21, 2024
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Dec 21, 2024
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Story and the Question of Self-IdentityEvery story inevitably raises this question about the Protagonist: “Who are you?”
Dec 8, 2024
Dec 8, 2024
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Something is Better Than Nothing“No matter what you write, good or bad, it’s an improvement to a blank page.”
Dec 5, 2024
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Screenwriting 101: Jeffrey Boam“Ultimately, plot is of little importance, more of a mechanical contrivance against which characters come to life. Plot tries to engage…
Dec 3, 2024
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On Writing“If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.”
Dec 2, 2024
Dec 2, 2024
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Scott Myers
Screenwriting Tip : “Earn this.”When it comes to a scene where a character makes a critical choice, it’s imperative that you — as the writer — have earned that moment.
Nov 24, 2024
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Scott Myers
Screenwriting Tip: The Six Word TestIf you’re having trouble finding the focus of your story, try this test.
Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024
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Scott Myers
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Crisis and Conflict“Crisis and conflict are the great essentials of a dramatic story.”
Aug 30, 2024
Aug 30, 2024
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Scott Myers
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: The Final Close-Up [Part 2]“If any considerable action takes place after the climax in the ‘big scene,’ you will have ruined your photoplay with one of these deadly…
Oct 20, 2024
Oct 20, 2024
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Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Midway in the Photoplay [Part 2]“If the characters are not real enough to you to predominate the story, the photoplay will be without the vital human appeal which sells…
Oct 13, 2024
Oct 13, 2024
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Scott Myers
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: The Pictorial Element“Most tableaus, of course, have been done many times. It is up to you to think up new and unique ways of combining beauty with drama in one…
Oct 6, 2024
Oct 6, 2024
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On Writing“Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you’re doomed.”
Sep 21, 2024
Sep 21, 2024
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Screenwriting 101: Charles Bennett“The construction is the most important goddamned thing. It’s like building a house — you have to build the outside properly before you…
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
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Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Character On The Screen [Part 3]“A good method is to introduce important characters with some characteristic incident.”
Sep 19, 2024
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Sep 19, 2024
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Screenwriting & Storytelling
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Jim Mercurio
How to Add Hidden Depth to Your Characters and ScriptElevate the ordinary
Aug 31, 2024
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Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Theme“Found your story on an original truth of such universal interest that when your climax comes everybody in the audience from stenographer…
Sep 1, 2024
Sep 1, 2024
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Scott Myers
Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 1: Writing ScenesWith every scene, you should ask yourself this question: What is the scene’s Beginning, Middle, and End?
Aug 26, 2024
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Aug 26, 2024
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“Conversations With Wilder”: Part 22Billy Wilder. Cameron Crowe. Conversation and creative insight.
Jun 29, 2024
Jun 29, 2024