top 10 – The Story Department https://www.thestorydepartment.com Story. Screenplay. Sale. Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:03:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thestorydepartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-fav-32x32.png top 10 – The Story Department https://www.thestorydepartment.com 32 32 2808072 Best of the Web 8 Dec https://www.thestorydepartment.com/best-web-8-dec/ https://www.thestorydepartment.com/best-web-8-dec/#respond Sat, 07 Dec 2013 22:33:02 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=30547 Read more]]> Story & Structure

:: Pixar’s 22 Rules of Story, Analyzed as a PDF eBook
:: The 10 Key Rules of Writing for TV
:: Great Scene: “Sunset Blvd”
:: Screenplay Review – Townies (Neighbors)
:: Trilogy Building Part III: The Star Wars and Halo Sagas

Script Perfection

:: ‘Rush’ Screenwriter Peter Morgan’s 10-Year Rule for Biopics
:: 10 Screenwriting Tips from Walter Hill’s “The Warriors!!!”
:: 30 Things About Screenwriting
:: Confessions of a Failed Screenwriter
:: My Confessions to the Confessions of a Failed Screenwriter Article
:: “The Best Way To Have a Good Idea…”

Best of the Rest

:: Quote of the Day: Samuel Johnson
:: 14 Screenwriters Writing
:: What’s in a Name?
:: A Conversation with Jeff Nichols
:: Top 10 TV Shows
:: Top 10 TV Episodes
:: Prisoners’ Aaron Guzikowski

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With thanks to Jamie Campbell.

Enjoy!

Karel

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:: Why companies toss your spec script.
:: Using dialect in your script, and how to go about it.
:: “Descent”, what makes it genuinely scary.
:: Three-act-structure, a review.
:: How do you know if your screenplay is original?
:: Characters in your script, when to name names.
:: 2009: The top 10 shots in movies.
:: Playing with emotions: writing for acting.
:: Marketing matters: should you mention your script was optioned?
:: You want to reboot Terminator? Here’s how!
:: James Cameron is penning an Avatar prequel
:: Download: the script of The Full Monty
:: Can Polanski’s The Ghost Writer outlive Tony Blair?
:: Trailer for the A-Team movie
:: How to handle multiple protagonists?
:: The Dream Journal

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COMING SOON to the Story Department:

Best of Mystery Man on Monday
Karen Pearlman on ‘Making our Myths’

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Karel

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