2 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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8 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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15 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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21 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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58 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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60 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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69 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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104 days ago by Monica

This article follows up on Screenplay: The Importance of the First Five Pages. In the last batch of scripts I read for one of the screenwriting competitions, I would say about 30% of the screenplays had beginnings that were overwritten. It’s not uncommon. In several cases, the real story didn’t star ...

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113 days ago by Monica

You’d be surprised – I have been – but a very high number of scripts I’m reading don’t have inciting incidents. I am getting to page 15, page 20, page 30, and there’s really no defined story. I would say that this is in about 25% of the scripts I’m reading. Obviously, these scripts are an automatic ...

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132 days ago by Laura

STRUCTURE IS FORM The structure of your screenplay is the foundation. It supports the plot, theme, premise, characters, and all the crucial elements: beats, scenes, and sequences. Without structure, your story would collapse. Most screenwriters use a variation of the classic three-act structure, wit ...

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