Creative Screenwriting

First Draft: Your Characters Lack Uniqueness? Use These Seven Ways to Give Them Fresh Voices

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First Draft: Understanding the Promise of the Premise Through Nocturnal Animals, Groundhog Day and Black Mirror

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First Draft: Follow This Tested and True Rule Book to Explore the Reactions of Your Script’s Characters

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First Draft: Knowing the Difference Between Fact and Truth When Adapting a True Story

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First Draft: Understand The Humility Arc To Allow Your Story’s Heroes To Succeed

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First Draft: What are Plot Patterns, and Why Should You Identify Them in Movies?

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First Draft: How to Develop and Nurse a Theme Throughout Your Narrative

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First Draft: A New Alternative to Three-Act Story Structure

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First Draft: Lessons in Screenplay Plants and Payoffs from Chinatown and The Orphanage

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First Draft: What’s Missing From Your Screenplay? Stakes

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First Draft: The 10 Commandments of Brainstorming

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First Draft: Is it Surprise, or is it Suspense?

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First Draft: Why “Good Enough” is the Enemy to Screenwriting Greatness

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First Draft: 10 Creative Screenwriting Rewriting Strategies

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First Draft: How Emotion and Human Behavior Come Together in Good Screenwriting

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10 Movie Podcasts Worth a Listen

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