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…
Set your story in a small new world. Be specific. Be exact. Take us to a place we've never seen…
“Rosebud!” The famous, first murmured word from Orson Welles’ 1941 cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane, is a plant, only to be…
The “block” page: Another mistake occurs at the opposite end of the spectrum with what is called the “block” page. When…
The “I” Page: There’s nothing worse than a plethora of “I” pages, that is, pages that are top to bottom…
In screenwriting, the art of the white space is less art and more artifice. White space on the page is…
Symbolic characters are supporting characters that represent something important to the hero. They can be a sign of the hero’s…