Story. Screenplay. Sale.
Screenwriting guru Robert McKee looks at the essence of screenplay writing: if the dialogue, the big print, and the actions are all modified in pre-production, then what is the writer actually contributing to a film? McKee looks at the nature of turning a script into a film, and concludes that the single most important thing … Read more
Story & Structure :: Structuring Your Script with the Dan Harmon Story Circle :: Dialogue as “Character Communication” :: Great Character: Frank (“Donnie Darko”) :: Great Scene: “Rocky” :: Ten Screenwriting Lessons You Can Learn From ‘Toy Story 3’ :: Screenplay Review – Our Name Is Adam Script Perfection :: Top 10 Tips for Writing … Read more
Story & Structure :: Great Scene: “No Country For Old Men” :: Is Screenplay Structure Theory Ruining Movies? :: Speedrun: “The Matrix” and “The Big Lebowski” :: Anatomy of a TV Spec – Don’t Trust the B— in Apt 23 :: How to End It All (Tv Shows) :: It’s Not What You Say, It’s … Read more
Story & Structure :: The Four Types of People Most Likely to Murder Their Families :: Is Any Exposition Scene a “Crock of Sh*t”? :: Scene Description Spotlight: ‘Wall-E’ :: Scene Description Spotlight: ‘Saving Private Ryan
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