7 hours ago by Teresa

Over the next couple of weeks, Ignatius and I will be wrapping up the last few chapters of An Autumn Tale, and as we bring this novel to a close, we’re thinking: What next? Well, Ignatius doesn’t have a brain, so he isn’t really thinking. Actually, it’s just me thinking. It’s lonely for the writer w ...

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11 days ago by yourscreenplaysucks

Doesn’t this sound like the start of a movie to you? EXT. GATED SUBURBAN ENCLAVE – NIGHT With a well-oiled WHIRR, wrought iron gates glide open. A giant black Escalade rockets out into the leafy street. The SUV slides through a corner, rocks as it tries to regain control, slips sideways and can’t sc ...

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13 days ago by turian209

A few weeks ago I was in a local Christian book store for a CD sale. I picked up mewithoutYou’s album, The Little Foxes it’s pretty awesome. But that’s not what this blog entry is about. After I picked the CD out I had some time to kill so I walked around the store a bit. Then a book caught my eye. ...

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39 days ago by misheel

Here is why my 12 km or 7.5 mile run this morning is the sweetest! In college, I was diagnosed with asthma because me lung capacity was similar to that of a lady in her 70s. Eleven months ago I was hospitalized because my asthma got so bad that my every breath was extremely shallow, a wheezing strug ...

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44 days ago by JG Sarantinos

In memory of a much respected compadre Blake Snyder, let’s take a look at some of his work and his colorful take on the story structure paradigm. Visit the tools section of his website and download your own copy of his beat sheet. Make sure to read his bestseller “Save The Cat”. Meow! It’s one of th ...

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51 days ago by Xandy Sussan

Printed “Hollywood Scriptwriter Magazine” July 2005 If you listen to any great raconteur entertain a group of people at a party, he tells his anecdote in a certain way to elicit the greatest emotional response from his audience. Well that, in its simplest essence, is the Three-Act Structure. By foll ...

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58 days ago by Alexandra Sokoloff

So, now that we’ve talked about the index card method of laying out your story, and basic filmic structure as it might be applied to novels, the natural next question is: what actually goes into a first act? And if you’re just finding this post, you’ll also want to read this post: What’s Your Premis ...

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95 days ago by Will M.

“A local man won the $100 million Powerball jackpot.” “Mr. Evans, your high school gym teacher, won the $100 million Powerball jackpot.” Both quotes above reveal the same inciting incident—some lucky bastard won the lottery. But your reaction to these sentences, if you’re paying attention (or ever h ...

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97 days ago by Will M.

“Tonight, a comedian died in New York.” This simple line from the movie adaptation of the Watchmen graphic novel is brilliant not only for its wordplay, but also they way it sets up the plot—grabs an audience firmly enough to hold them for nearly three hours—in exactly seven words. The unfortunate s ...

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106 days ago by Laura

The obligatory scene is the one the audience has been anticipating, where the Protagonist confronts the Antagonist in a final life-and-death struggle. It’s the showdown between good and evil, the villain and hero, or the boy and girl. The scene is referred to as ‘Obligatory’ because it cannot be omi ...

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