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First Draft: Roll the Dice With This Guide to Action-Adventure Script Structure Based on Dungeons & Dragons

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Geeks and nerds. Let’s be…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Ask Yourself These Four Questions Before Cooking Up Your Screenplay’s Antagonist

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. It seems like movie villains…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Take Stock In These 99 Stock Characters You Can Write Into Your Screenplay

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What is the difference between…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Sure, Story Structure Guides Are Useful. But When Should We Be Using Them, and How?

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “It’s not where you take…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Learn “Kaufman’s Folly” to Avoid Writing Fanciful Worlds That Aren’t Relatable (Video)

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. There is a fundamental issue…

7 years ago
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First Draft: A Screenwriting Prescription For Action Description

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. A script’s first audience is…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Break Tired Screenwriting Conventions By Embracing the Heroine’s – Not Hero’s – Journey

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Katniss. Moana. Rey. Jyn. Wonder…

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First Draft: Will You Give Your Audience a Guided Tour of Your Script’s World, Or Throw Them In Head First?

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Who doesn’t love creating a…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Grab Viewers By the Eyeballs With Your Screenplay Title

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. One of the most underrated…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Five Ways to Craft the Midpoint of Your Screenplay

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Great writing is a balancing…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Cover Your (Screenwriting) Ass With These Rules For Writing Valuable Script Coverage

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Screenplays don’t exist in a…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Seeing Is Conceiving. Build a Blueprint to Work Visuals Into Your Screenplay

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Writing visually is something a lot…

7 years ago
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First Draft: How A Writers Strike Impacts Everyone In Hollywood

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

7 years ago
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First Draft: So You’ve Accepted a Script Assignment. Here Are Seven Ways to Rise to Its Challenges

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Collaboration is often difficult for…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Rewrites Aren’t the Only Way to Improve Your Screenplay. Try Rearranging It Instead

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. We’ve all been there before.…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Allow Your Characters to Introduce Themselves With These Seven Ways to Reveal Their Names

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The go-to screenwriting topics of…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Follow These Screenwriting Steps To Steer Clear of Pesky Plot Holes

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Plot (plät)–the main events of…

7 years ago
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First Draft: How to Apply the Frankenstein Formula to Your Screenplay

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Horror is one of the…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Wield These Wordsmithing Weapons to Beat Down Screenwriting Clichés

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Plot and character-related exposition in…

7 years ago
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First Draft: What Avatar’s Pandora Can Teach You About Screenwriting Structure

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. James Cameron’s screenplay Avatar is an outstanding…

7 years ago
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First Draft: What a Children’s Book Can Teach Screenwriters About Their Craft

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The truth of the matter…

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: What Are Friends For? The Importance of a Reflection Character

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Stories are built on a…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Stay True to Your First Idea to Avoid Killing Characters With Too Much Plot

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Every story begins at your…

7 years ago