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Your Hero's Journey: Know the End!

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A lot of beginning screenwriters ask me how to establish their main character's arc. Here's the easy answer: Know your ending! Why so important? Because it's a tremendous help to know the final destination. Imagine that you're traveling to your in-laws' home in Ohio for Thanksgiving dinner, but you have no idea in what city they live. You're driving blind; it's impossible to plan your route. But if you know your ending, you can use that end as a guide to dictate how you begin. And this matters, not only for plot and screenplay structure, but also in developing…

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20 Steps to Screenwriting Success

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Screenwriting is a skilled trade, and a good screenplay must be molded and managed with craftsman hands. But so does a screenwriting career. It takes dedication, fortitude, and time – ten years to have overnight success - but if you’re willing to do the hard work to turn your ideas into completed screenplays as well as build a screenwriting career, follow this 20 step roadmap to screenwriting success: Click Here to Start

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