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Why Story Structure is the Key to Success

by John Truby There is a system of thought known as the As-If Philosophy. In a nutshell, the As-If Philosophy says: We know we will die, but we act “as if” we will live forever. The ironic result is...

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A Nineteenth-Century Guide to Screenwriting

by Michael Halperin Victorians’ Secrets: A Nineteenth-Century Guide to Screenwriting, or How the Victorians Invented the Screenplay It may seem peculiar in the 21st century to discuss screenwriting in...

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Approaching Character: The Circle of Being

by Syd Field Henry James, the great American novelist, in an essay entitled The Art of Fiction, asks a rhetorical question about the nature of character: “What is character,” he writes, “but the...

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Unlocking The Power of Story Within You

by James Bonnet What is the source of our creativity? How can we communicate with that source and use it to unlock the natural storyteller that resides in us all? Carl Jung called the source of our...

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How do I Treat my Treatment?

by Michael Halperin Question: I have completed my screenplay, but I never wrote a treatment. I met a producer who wants to see a treatment only. Some people say a treatment should be three pages long,...

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The Screenwriting Rules of Series TV

By Pamela Douglas Break out of the box of traditional screenwriting assumptions! In this excerpt from Writing the TV Drama Series: Second Edition, Pamela Douglas gives you some new rules for writing...

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5 Major Rules for the First Ten Pages

It is a common saying that the first ten pages of your feature length screenplay are the most important. Here are 5 major rules you should observe to make your first ten as gripping as possible. …To...

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The Biggest Genre-Specific Mistakes Writers Make

Writing inside a genre means you will have specific requirements for feel and characterization. Carson Reeves explores the biggest systematic mistakes writers make writing in their genre: Part I …...

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Writing the “Mirror Moment”

James Strzelinski explores what he calls the “Mirror Moment” – the turning point of a character arc which has the lead metaphorically (or literally) looking in the mirror and reevaluating everything....

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Robert Ben Garant on Writing Scripts for Studios

In this hour-long presentation at Loyola University New Orleans, Robert Ben Garant (Reno 911, Night at the Museum) talks about writing for a studio system and the importance of structure. Robert Ben...

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The Story of Story: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Structure

Justin Morrow traces the history of story and how we approach the human endeavor of explaining what happened. It is a truism that, “we tell ourselves stories in order to live.“ But, it is also...

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