October 2022

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Structure a Story With Matching Opening and Ending Scene Details

Many writers make the huge mistake of trying to write a screenplay from start to finish in a linear fashion. This guarantees problems because in...
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A Never-Ending Stream of Goals Keeps the Story Moving

The worst thing that can happen to any story is that it gets boring because audiences have no idea why they’re watching a scene. Therefore...
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Grab and Hold Attention by Keeping the Story Focused on the Hero

The purpose of a screenplay is not to tell a story. The real purpose of a screenplay is to grab and hold our attention. Only...
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How to Begin and End a Story

The book “Scene & Structure” offers a simple way to start and end a story. To start a story, you must understand who your hero...
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Avoiding the Mistakes in “Don’t Worry Darling”

Watch a great movie and it can inspire you to achieve similar greatness. Watch a bad movie and it can inspire you to do so...
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Avoid Fake Emotions in Characters to Create Better Drama

Often in poor screenplays, characters will gush emotionally about how much someone means to them. However, as the audience, all we hear is that character...
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The Importance of Setting Up Payoffs in a Scene

Imagine watching a scene between two people arguing. That by itself is mildly interesting. Then one character mentions the other character’s mother and the second...
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