Story & Structure
The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
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A Story within a (Toy) Story
In great movies, structural principles apply to more than one level: story, act, sequence etc. Once you understand how drama…
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Hollywood’s Best Kept Secret
What is Hollywood’s Best Kept Screenwriting Secret? Answer: The Expanded Scene Breakdown. What is the Expanded Scene Breakdown? Read on…
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The Untouchables – The Mid Point(s)
A movie's Mid Point usually fulfills a number of functions. In the Hero's Outer Journey, an event occurs that makes…
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The Untouchables – Hiring the Mentor
Mentors appear to the heroes at the exact right time, usually in the second sequence, after the Inciting Incident has…
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Short Film Science & Fiction
It took me seven years and three short films to radically change my mind about the nature of these little…
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20 Ways to Beat the Block
Recently Emily Blake wrote "writers block is a lie". "If I'm ever completely uninspired, I make a note of what…