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Best of the Web 9 Feb
Story & Structure :: Down ‘n’ Outlines :: Ten Key Rules For Writing For TV :: Screenplay Review - The Lego Movie! :: Screenplay Review -…
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Vol. 17 · 1,240 entries
26 August 2026
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Vol. 17
Uncategorized · 1 min
[Video]: Chilling with Frozen’s Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck
The Writer/Director duo of Disney's Frozen discuss long-running projects that take years to get off the ground, writing major roles for female characters, and distilling the…
Story & Structure · 4 min
Why Your Story’s Conflict Isn’t Working
Conflict is the life’s blood of fiction. Conflict means something’s happening. Conflict brings change. And there’s also the little matter of human nature’s voyeuristic fascination with…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 2 Feb
Story & Structure :: Morality in Stories :: Scene Week – Harbinger :: Learn How to Write a TV Pilot With This FREE Download :: Writing…
Story & Structure · 3 min
How To Confront The Unforgiving Nature Of Third Acts
My early training was as a playwright. Although most plays over the last forty years are two acts, historically plays were three acts. One of the…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 26 Jan
Story & Structure :: Webshow: Flashbacks :: Movie Analysis: “Her” :: Screenplay Review - The Equalizer :: 'True Detective' Writer Nic Pizzolatto on Great Stories Script…
Video · 1 min
[Video]: Scorsese Contemplates Cinema
'I've experienced so much cinema, and it's meant so much to me... it was the way that I experienced certain emotions and ideas that couldn't be…
Pitching & Selling · 6 min
Don’t F@#%ing Pitch Like This!
One Saturday I attended a fucking great series of talks sponsored by InkTip — a terrific fucking resource for screenwriters. by Trevor Mayes Why all the…
mini-video tips · 1 min
Mini Video Tips
On Twitter, I occasionally publish tips as and when I read scripts. Here, you see the video version of some. I'm trying to post every Monday.…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 19 Jan
Story & Structure :: Our Favorite Films (and Their Scripts) from 2013 :: How to Write TV Series Bibles :: Indiewire's Ultimate Guide for Screenwriters ::…
Video · 1 min
[Video]: Bob Nelson – Write Films to Work in TV
'They get tired of reading The Simpsons and Everybody Loves Raymond. The thing is now they love reading feature scripts in television because it tells you…
Story & Structure · 4 min
How to Achieve Any Screenwriting Goal in 2014
So, you're a creative sod who new-year's resolved to create something this year? Good. Here's what I want you to do. by Ingrid Elkner Write it…
Best of the Web · 1 min
Best of the Web 12 Jan
Story & Structure :: WTF With All These Screenwriting “Rules”? :: Movie Review - Paranormal Activity: 4 :: Amateur Friday - In The Flesh :: Screenplay…
Video · 1 min
[Video]: The Hobbit Fellowship
A discussion between The Hobbit co-writers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens on December 2, 2012 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. They cover rewriting from…
Story & Structure · 4 min
The End.
The last thing someone remembers when they finish watching a movie is the ending. It can make or break every moment of screen time that happened…