Story 5 Classic Movie Tropes and How to Reinvent Them Hate them or love them? Like any other writing tool, tropes can be used in clever, satisfying, unexpected ways. So let’s talk about how you can reinvent some classic tropes.
Story 5 Steps to Adapt Your Novel into a Screenplay Paula Sheridan, Founder of Page Turner Awards, offers advice to self-published indie authors on how to get their books adapted into a screenplay.
Technique The 10 Biggest Mistakes Beginner Screenwriters Make Here are a few of the recurring happy accidents that beginner screenwriters make (and a few that some more established ones still do) that you can hopefully avoid in your own approach to the craft.
Technique 20 Screenwriting Terms Every Writer Needs To Know Learn the meanings of unique screenwriting terms, how to use them in conversation with other screenwriters, and how understanding the jargon can improve your writing.
Character Development How to Write a Cathartic Character Arc Learn how to write a compelling character arc that ties together plot and theme into a cathartic conclusion that will make a strong impression on a reader.
Character Development Stop Writing Conflict. Start Writing Conflicted As writers, we are told that all great drama must come from conflict. However, this can easily be mistaken as…
Character Development, Story Character Breakdown: Cassandra, from ‘Promising Young Woman’ There are many ways to “break down” a character, and figuring out which paradigm is most useful to you can…
Story You Can’t Set Horror in Space… Or Can You? Get ready for every horror/sci-fi fan’s dream Twitter debate. If you hang around movie Twitter at all, you’ve undoubtedly seen…
Story, Technique How To Choose A Screenplay Outline Strategy Many writers swear by it. Many more swear they’ll never do it. Ask any working screenwriter about outlining and you’ll…
Interview, Podcast, Story Interview: How ‘The Last of Us Part II’ Writers Crafted a Game That Made Us All Cry Great storytelling is about knowing which rules to follow – and which to break. For proof, look no further than…
