Story & Structure
The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
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About Screenwriting Rules [And The 3-Act Structure]
When How To Train Your Dragon was released, some people learned to their horror that the film was written following…
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Chariots Of Fire Revisited [Running With Synthesizers]
In Writing Screenplays that Sell, Michael Hauge singles out Chariots Of Fire (1981) as a cinematic outlier. It was an unlikely…
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Scene Structure With Aaron And Gust
Yesterday I told you about where the master learned his craft. Today we'll learn about scene structure from my favourite Sorkin scene. And you'll…
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Easy Rider Will Tell You Something About Subtext
Easy Rider shows how subtext is not what most teachers and gurus tell you it is. Many mistake subtext with non-verbal communication. It…
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Learn Screenwriting By Doing It – Online And In Your Own Time
The below is a report of an experiment: the trial run of the legendary Immersion Screenwriting course. The beta version was…
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Writing For Film – Filmmakers Quoted
Flavorwire published 20 quotes from filmmakers on writing. So you don't have to flick through all 20, I put the best…