All posts by Art Holcomb
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First Draft: Follow This Tested and True Rule Book to Explore the Reactions of Your Script’s Characters
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. So much of good storytelling is about cause and effect,...
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First Draft: How to Develop and Nurse a Theme Throughout Your Narrative
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. From academics in film school to producers...
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First Draft: The Most Common Mistake in Spec Scripts (And Four Ways to Avoid Making It)
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Finding the right concept to base your next work on...
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First Draft: How To Create Moments For Your Characters To Shine
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Moments: They’re what the audience remembers about a great movie, what actors...
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First Draft: A New Alternative to Three-Act Story Structure
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, we present “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, first published by Creative Screenwriting...
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First Draft: What “Write What You Know” Really Means
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Screenplays must be built upon scenes which convey universally relatable...
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First Draft: Why “Good Enough” is the Enemy to Screenwriting Greatness
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting, we present “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, first published by Creative Screenwriting, will be posted frequently. “Screenwriting...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...