Make the antagonist’s greatest strength the cause of their downfall Sometimes brute force isn’t enough – there’s no way to train longer, punch harder, or science faster. The hero faces an opponent who feels too strong to overcome. Is there a way to make the antagonist’s power
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How many hyphens do you want in your title? We look at when actors write and writers act.
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Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at TV comedies where the creators are also the stars. Building the right vehicle to showcase your talents is challenging, but that through-line of creative vision can
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Let's take a look at some real events that made it to the screen more than once.
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Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we hasten the arrival of the spooky season by looking at some of our favorite cinematic witches. Our collection includes: * Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - “Chapter One: October Country”
A well-executed twist leaves an audience feeling like a story makes more sense now that they know this new information. We'll unpack how Conclave's ending doesn't upend the story, but fulfills the promise of its premise.
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Forget saving the cat. Show the reader your hero's inner dog.
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Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we celebrate Love Triangles, and how these messy relationships don’t just give us the will-they/won’t-they drama that we crave, but cleverly drive its protagonists towards making
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With scenes and sequences in a story, who has the power? Who's in control? And what will it take to change the character in the driver's seat?
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Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, like every week, I woke up with a feeling I couldn’t shake. Like a flame moving its way down a match, I could tell bad news was heading
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or: How I Learned to Stop Trying to Turn Off the Feelings Marvin Gaye said, "Great artists suffer for the people." The First Noble Truth of the Buddha is The Truth of the Existence of Suffering. There are enough popular examples of the tortured artist stereotype to fill