Creative Screenwriting

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

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. As a former studio script…

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

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Save the Cat practitioners will…

7 years ago
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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…

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

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Taking the 1994 film Quiz Show…

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

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What quality makes a hero?…

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

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What if I told you…

8 years ago
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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…

8 years ago
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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,…

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

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “Bad for glass,” says private eye…

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

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting, we present “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, first published by Creative…

8 years ago
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First Draft: The 10 Commandments of Brainstorming

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Life is trying things to…

8 years ago
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First Draft: Is it Surprise, or is it Suspense?

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft" is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. I had an interesting experience…

8 years ago
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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,…

8 years ago
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First Draft: 10 Creative Screenwriting Rewriting Strategies

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, we present “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles,…

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

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, we present “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles,…

8 years ago
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10 Movie Podcasts Worth a Listen

There are any number of things you can do to make your work commute more interesting. You could stare blankly…

14 years ago