Story & Structure
The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
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Interview: Kaplan on Comedy (2)
Last year James Nicholas attended Steve Kaplan's session at the Screenwriting Expo. Afterwards he wrote here on The Story Department,…
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Interview: Syd Field
Syd Field was the first true screenwriting guru and his book Screenplay is still a standard, more than thirty years…
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Three or Four?
A properly structured screenplay must have three acts... Or four? I have said before that the model you use to…
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Video: Pulp Fiction Inspiration [QT]
This video is just as informative and entertaining without the sound as with. Try for yourself. I am certain that…
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Video: Mitchell & Webb Film Director
I assure you that there is no connection whatsoever between today's newsletter from Screen Australia containing a series of funding…
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Replacing The Archetypes
During one of my Hero's Journey classes a student asked if an archetype can be replaced, for instance by a…