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Fun With Structure (Act II)
This is the second of three parts. If you missed the first part, you may want to read that first, just to put everything in context. We’re using “Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting” (by Syd Field) as the basis for a discussion of one of my favorite movies,...
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Stealing Fire from the Gods, the Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers (2nd edition) James Bonnett
Stealing Fire from the Gods, the Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers (2nd edition) by James Bonnettby Beverly Nault From the Preface: “Story and storymaking are the most important and misunderstood art forms in the world today. Important because there...
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I'm all for studying well-written scripts to help you write better screenplays. But I'm also a proponent of studying well-produced films to help you write better movies. In “Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting”, Syd Field reminds us that we are writing...
read moreHey Writer! Did you hear the story about Story?
Hey Writer! Did you hear the story about Story? By Jessica Spring Brown Actually it’s about the Book titled: Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee. A classic and a must read for all of us people who are crazy in...
read moreFADE IN: And now what?
FADE IN: And now what? By Chris LaMont CA-CHUNK! That is the sound of a 120-page spec screenplay that a writer spent hours, days, months and maybe years birthing from their creative ether – pulling the words straight out of their souls and onto the written page –...
read moreFor The Love of Movies
For The Love of Movies By Shelly Howieson It began when I was three. I don’t remember, but my father used to tell me the story of how I sat on his lap and shouted in excitement each time Thumper and Flower appeared on the large screen. He thought the...
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