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Adding A Third Wheel

When you think about broad names for types of conflict, you might list Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Society, and so on. The thing these all have in common: Two opposing forces. A vs. B. This setup is classic because it works. The objectives and obstacles are clear. But sometimes adding a …

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: character, conflict, Ordinary People, The Good Place, Thor Ragnarok

Stop Scheduling Emotional Appointments

Get sad. Just try it. Be sad right now. What did you do? Did it feel natural? It doesn’t feel natural for an actor, either. Some actors call it “setting an emotional appointment.” The writer says that you’re supposed to feel this emotion at this point in the scene. That’s making an appointment to feel …

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: action and description, Blue, emotion, emotional appointments, Little Women (2019), script, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Karate Kid

This Must Be The Place: Notes on Sluglines

Scene headings — also called sluglines — tell the reader that a new scene is starting. Scene headings generally include: INTerior or EXTerior, describing whether the camera and main dramatic action is indoors or outdoors for this scene. A location name, specifying where the action takes place. A Time of Day, most often DAY or …

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The writing before The Writing: Outlines

There are two kinds of documents screenwriters often tackle before they begin work on a script. They’re related, but intended for different audiences. Think of an Outline as a set of directions for your writing. It doesn’t need to be pretty, it just needs to be something you understand to guide you when you get …

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Keeping Writing Clear and Concise

Screenwriters often spend time hunting for widows and orphans that inflate page count. But that’s rarely where you’ll find the real savings. The more words on the page, the more work it takes to dig through to the essential. When you write concisely, you get out of your story’s way. Here’s a few tips to …

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: action and description, editing, revision, writing

Playing the Name Game

Naming characters is as easy to overthink as naming an actual child. But at least with an actual child, you only need to pick one name. Writers have to name dozens of characters: that child’s friends, mentors, antagonists, and any random person they have to meet. So you need to start somewhere. Often the best …

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