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 8 Jul

Story & Structure :: Inciting Incidents :: What is ‘Voice?’ :: Script Breakdown: ‘The Playground’ :: 10 Great Science Fiction Novels with Depressing Endings :: The Art and Craft of Visual Screenwriting :: An Exercise in Understanding Scripts ‘The Dark Knight’ Story Map Script Perfection :: Character Naming Tips :: PACHEW! Sounds in Your Script … Read more

Three or Four?

A properly structured screenplay must have three acts… Or four? I have said before that the model you use to improve your screenwriting is your own choice. At the end of the day it is all academic. Whatever works for you. The Dept Revisited – A rerun of the best of the Story Dept. A … Read more

Two Journeys of Change

A day in Michael Hauge’s romcom seminar inspired me to republish this brief article I wrote about a year and a half ago. Hauge claims the Inner and Outer Journey run in parallel. I think he’s right, with one small caveat. A gorgeous Sunday morning in a Manly cafe with a view on the ocean. … Read more

Best o/t Web 14 Mar 10

:: Black on action (via Scott Myers).

:: Christopher Nolan on what to expect from Batman 3

:: How to logline a dual plot story? John August helps.

:: Dick happy about Blade Runner (via Kottke).

:: Final word on the Oscars (and Karel agrees)

:: The North By Northwest shooting script for download

:: Charlie (and Donald) Kaufman’s Adaptation script

:: (we keep going…) The Shawshank Redemption script

:: Finally: Basic Instinct (for Forest Gump and MANY others, go to MyPDFscripts.com)

:: Hitchcock on Content vs. Technique (via Bill Martell)

:: To three-act-structure or free-form, that is the question.

:: Cultivating a following- writing for a TV series.

:: Advice: never send out your first screenplay.

:: Own up to your audience: your inciting incident.

:: What really goes on in act one?

:: Satire with a touch of truth: the Super Script

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