Screenwriting
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How One Line of Dialogue Changed the Entire Star Wars Universe
You know the one.
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The Black List 2016: Madonna, Stephen King, Tonya Harding and more
Plus amazing female-centric stories and the Titanic script we didn’t know we needed. The Black List 2016 was released this week and includes 73 scripts ranging…
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Why ‘Back to the Future’ is One of the Greatest Scripts Ever
The answers are revealed in a must-watch video essay.
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6 Filmmaking Tips From John Hughes
The master of the high school movie taught us valuable lessons.
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Curtis Hanson
The late Oscar winner left us with advice before he passed on.
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[must-watch] Werner Herzog Dismantles the “Brainless” Three-Act Structure
There are many ways in which the art of filmmaking is dictated by the industry of filmmaking, but none perhaps more detrimental to the nature…
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Rejection and Development: A Screenwriter Describes His First 2 Years in the Business
If you’ve never heard of Jake Thornton, that’s okay. He’s new. He’s never had his name on a feature film playing at your theater, but he’s…
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If You’re a Female Screenwriter Over 40, Meryl Streep Wants to Help Develop Your Talent
It’s the 30th anniversary of the Bechdel Test this year – that famously low hurdle that movies can leap simply by featuring at least two…
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The Biggest, Most Beloved Screenplays With the Simplest Mistakes
Screenplays are hard. So much so that “scriptreader” is a real job, one that involves separating written wheat from so much poorly-written chaff. So much…
