First, the Hero needed a single Objective. Frodo needed to return the ring. The Dude wanted his rug back. Then,…
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Darth Vader. Gollum. Hannibal Lecter. The Wicked Witch of the West. Wherever you find a Hero’s journey, you shall, or…
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If you’ve ever found yourself on the edge of your seat at the end of a football game, you’d know…
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is about 1200 pages from the beginning of Fellowship of the Ring to the…
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How do you make your screenplay original? How do you make it feel real? How do you make it so…
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The thing that you always have to remember about screenwriting is that you are writing for three things: a camera,…
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“What’s it about?” Ever get that question? What do you say? Do you spout off three or four paragraphs describing…
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McKee: Nothing happens in the real world? Are you out of your fucking mind? People are murdered every day! There's…
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Every writer has a different take on Voice Over, but for the most part, the usual argument goes something like…
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“The night was… moist.” -Throw Momma From the Train, 1987 Writer’s Block. I’m not sure that there’s anything more fearful.…
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