SCREENPLAY ANALYSIS So you finished your screenplay. You know it has some holes, but you can’t see the forest for…
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It's one thing to understand the world of the story, but it helps to explore that world in order to…
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Set your story in a small new world. Be specific. Be exact. Take us to a place we've never seen…
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“Rosebud!” The famous, first murmured word from Orson Welles’ 1941 cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane, is a plant, only to be…
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The “block” page: Another mistake occurs at the opposite end of the spectrum with what is called the “block” page. When…
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The “I” Page: There’s nothing worse than a plethora of “I” pages, that is, pages that are top to bottom…
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In screenwriting, the art of the white space is less art and more artifice. White space on the page is…
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Symbolic characters are supporting characters that represent something important to the hero. They can be a sign of the hero’s…
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