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Story & Structure :: The 3 stories within every movie :: Premise pilots :: Leaving out the hard part :: How much screen time does the hero get? :: What makes the best short films? Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: Character names | Emotions :: Inside Aaron Sorkin’s writing process :: Knowing what audiences know :: Rookie writing mistakes :: When do you flash back? … Read more
Story & Structure :: True Grit :: How Oscar scripts really work :: Saving the superheroes :: Same old superheroes? Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: The mentor :: Rules: do they matter? :: 10 ways I know I’m reading an amateur script Best of the Rest :: Will 3D save Hollywood? :: A viewer’s companion to Citizen Kane :: One of the greatest credit scenes … Read more
Story & Structure :: The fatal flaw of characters :: Realism is dead in movies :: How Hollywood guts children’s classics Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: Bold it :: When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt :: Joseph Campbell quotes | more Joseph Campbell quotes Pitching & Selling :: From Jesus vs. Santa to Southpark Best of the Rest :: The Illusionist: 2010’s … Read more
Story & Structure :: BAFTA screenwriters lecture series :: Robert A. Heinlein biography :: Santa movies frozen out of festive season :: “It’s a Wonderful Life”: The most terrifying movie ever Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: Generating ideas | People under pressure | Teenage protagonists :: My year in screenwriting :: Joseph Campbell quotes | more quotes :: Writing adaptations for practice :: Carson’s top … Read more
Story & Structure :: Comedy and discomfort :: Is it comedy or drama? :: How Frasier came to be :: Black Swan/Showgirls Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: A good idea | Research scenes | Sleep on it :: What movie got you into writing? :: The black list – the best unproduced screenplays :: Why Buried works Pitching & Selling :: The art of the elevator … Read more