lincoln – The Story Department https://www.thestorydepartment.com Story. Screenplay. Sale. Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:33:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thestorydepartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-fav-32x32.png lincoln – The Story Department https://www.thestorydepartment.com 32 32 2808072 Best of the Web 27 Jan https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-best-of-the-web-template/ https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-best-of-the-web-template/#respond Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:33:31 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=26107 :: Is The Three Act Structure Dead? :: MacGuffins and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ :: Toughest Scene I Wrote: Tony Kushner on Lincoln :: Is Dating Dated? Script Perfection :: Breaking Down the Wall Between You and Your Next Great Scene ... Read more]]> Story & Structure

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With thanks to Jamie Campbell and Brooke Trezise.

Enjoy!

Karel

]]> https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-best-of-the-web-template/feed/ 0 26107 [Video]: Spielberg on Lincoln https://www.thestorydepartment.com/video-spielberg-on-lincoln/ https://www.thestorydepartment.com/video-spielberg-on-lincoln/#respond Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:29:25 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=26072 Read more]]> The world’s most commercially successful film director talks about what inspired him about the man and the history behind Lincoln.

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With thanks to Jamie Campbell and Brooke Trezise.

Enjoy!

Karel

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