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· ASSIGNMENT: Choose some movies (I always suggest three) from the Breakdowns section and watch one at a time, following along with my breakdowns, or even better, going act by act, stopping at the end of each act to identify the key story elements, and then comparing your notes and observations with mine. If that seems overwhelming, try this incred
... See moreAlexandra Sokoloff • Screenwriting Tricks for Authors (and Screenwriters!): STEALING HOLLYWOOD: Story Structure Secrets for Writing Your BEST Book
Michael Hauge taught me that every good story is built on three foundational elements: character, desire, and conflict, also known as the plot.
Russell Brunson • Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Converting Your Online Visitors into Lifelong Customers
Page 25 is the place where I always go to first in a screenplay someone has handed me (we all have our reading quirks) to see “what happens on 25.” I want to know 1) if anything happens and 2) if this screenwriter knows that something should happen. And I mean something big.
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
The same belief underlies the plaintive cries of critics who bemoan the lack of theatre on television, claiming it’s a natural fit.6 But they are wrong; it’s not there for one simple reason – it doesn’t work. It’s boring and turgid and painful because it’s not written for the medium.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Ending your Act Two on page 90 is golden!