The Essential Screenplay (3-Book Bundle): Screenplay: Foundations of Screenwriting, Screenwriter's Workbook, and Screenwriter's Problem Solver
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The Essential Screenplay (3-Book Bundle): Screenplay: Foundations of Screenwriting, Screenwriter's Workbook, and Screenwriter's Problem Solver
Notice how all of these premises contain: – A defined protagonist – A powerful antagonist – A sense of the setting, conflict and stakes – A sense of how the action will play out
Alexandra Sokoloff • Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II: Story Structure for Pantsers and Plotters (Screenwriting Tricks For Authors (and Screenwriters!) Book 2)
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Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
-It establishes the ORDER (the unique world of the story) and the TONE (the “feel” of the script and movie). -It expresses the THEME. -It usually introduces the Central Dramatic Question, an over-riding mystery that will not be solved until the Midpoint, End of Act Two or the Ending of the script. (Note: The true CDQ can be intro’d as late as End o
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The movie producer and all-around mensch Stuart Cornfeld once told me that in a good screenplay, every structural unit needs to do two things: (1) be entertaining in its own right and (2) advance the story in a non-trivial way.