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Category Archives: Screenwriting
Screenwriting Tip: Don’t say it if you can show it!
Excerpted from: 50 Sure-Fire Storytelling Tricks! By Melanie Anne Phillips Available in Paperback and for Kindle Movies are a visual medium. The strongest impact is created by what is seen, not what is said. Although we might marvel at well-written … Continue reading
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Screenwriting Tip: Break Up Monologues…
Excerpted from: 50 Sure-Fire Storytelling Tricks! By Melanie Anne Phillips Available in Paperback and for Kindle There are some moments in some movies in which a long monolog by a single individual works well. Any inspiring public speech, for example, … Continue reading
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Top Ten Tricks for Screenwriting
Trick 1 Screenwriting 101 Screenplays are blueprints for movies. As such, they are not art, but instructions for creating art. Therefore, there are two things every great screenplay must have: A good story, and a clear and understandable description of how … Continue reading
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