Best of the Web 5 May

Story & Structure :: Exposition :: Storytelling Strategies: The Puzzle in Silver Linings Playbook :: Know Who You Are Writing For :: Some Thoughts on the Legends of Villainy :: How to Write a Screenplay – Right Now! :: Interview: ‘Oblivion’ Director Joseph Kosinski on Sci-Fi Filmmaking :: Character Arcs (or the lack thereof) and … Read more

Best of the Web 28 Apr

Story & Structure :: 11 Screenwriting Lessons You Can Learn From Casablanca :: Are You Planning Your Script? :: You Best Know What A Plot Point Is :: How to Write a Fight Scene :: Downbeat Film Endings and ‘The Road’ :: An Interview with Writer/Director Clare Kilner :: Screenplay Review: Pain and Gain :: … Read more

Best of the Web 21 Apr

Story & Structure :: Psychopath – The Ultimate Antagonist :: Screenwriting Structure & Writing Style :: Unconventional Strategies and Tactics For Screenwriting Success :: What Makes a Good Inciting Incident? :: To the Wonder: Review :: Great Scene: “Heat :: 10 Screenwriting Lessons You Can Learn From Rosemary’s Baby :: The Business of Screenwriting :: … Read more

Best of the Web 14 April

Story & Structure :: How To Structure a Story: The Eight-Point Arc :: Character Types – Neanderthal to Alien :: Great Scene: ‘Halloween’ :: Trilogy building: Story mapping the Halo-verse Part 1 :: The Magic of World Building :: Writing Exposition and ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ :: Amateur Friday: ‘Home For The Holidays’ Review :: Screenplay … Read more