Popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, MacGuffins are a handy plot device that can help motivate the protagonists and propel a story…
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“It’s a thing that the spies are after.” Well, that’s how Alfred Hitchcock defines a MacGuffin anyway. While that summarizes…
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R.E.M. sang it best. Everybody hurts sometimes. Everybody cries. Screenwriters are no exception. Even though scripts are meant to be…
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If you’re a writer, you’ve experienced some form of writer’s block. We’ve all been there. Staring at a blank page.…
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Growing up, teachers were constantly telling us that the stuff we were learning in school would be important later in…
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When it comes to dialogue, you can't get much better than Phoebe Waller-Bridge's 'Fleabag'. At first glance, Fleabag is a…
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Writing is rewriting and rewriting is writing and so on and so forth until the end of time. It’s easy…
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Even the most famous films, like Dune, Avatar, and Frozen, have gone through Development Hell. Ah, Development Hell. The bowels of…
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Growing up, we’re taught that stealing is bad. Thou shalt not steal and all that. But I’m not sure the ten commandments…
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Let's explore the good, the bad, and the ugly in screenwriting advice. Is it just me or does anyone else…
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