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Story & Structure :: 10 Deadly Sins of Screenwriting :: WTF Is Voice? …And Why You Should Stop Obsessing About It :: Tuesdays with Tom Benedek: “Subplots With Benefits” Script Perfection :: The Grammar of TV and Film :: Tchaikovsky on Work Ethic vs. Inspiration :: 10 Drama Scripts You Must Analyze :: Ask Charles … Read more
Zinneman called it a ‘necessary evil’ and wordsmith par excellence David Mamet says: “A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.“ I am not an expert, not even a native English speaker and I most certainly lack a deep knowledge of vocabulary. My passion is for story and structure. So much … Read more
Your primary focus is on story and less on writing scenes, sharp dialogue or gripping action. Inevitably, though, once figured out your characters and their journeys, you are down to the daunting task of writing that next draft. You will be writing at the scene level, and a slightly different set of rules comes into … Read more