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Whether it’s a comedy or a drama, wringing out the emotions of the audience is the name of the game. Making it an emotional experience, using all the emotions, is what it’s about.
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
David Mamet Memo to "The Unit" Writing Staff
a character must be credible:
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
do not slant your “
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
The story’s ultimate event is the writer’s ultimate task.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Set-up (including mini inciting incident) Confrontation (conflict ending in crisis point) (Climax and) Resolution.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
three-act Central Plot with subplots has become a kind of standard.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
A film isn’t just moments of conflict or activity, personality or emotionality, witty talk or symbols. What the writer seeks are events, for an event contains all the above and more.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
To write vividly, avoid generic nouns and verbs with adjectives and adverbs attached and seek the name of the thing: