Story, Technique How to End a Story Learn how to draw your screenplay to a satisfying close and leave your reader with a glowing impression of your storytelling skills.
Story, Technique Beginner’s Guide to Writing Science Fiction Nine tips to help you write Science Fiction. Learn about soft and hard sci fi, the space wizard and more.
Motivation, Technique How to Outline a Script: From Planning to Pantsing Learn how to navigate the complex world of outlining your screenplay with three key methods ranging from planning through to pantsing.
Character Development, Technique The Benefits of Pre-Existing Relationships in Your Script Pre-existing relationships can benefit your script in many ways such as providing natural exposition or the feeling of a lived in world.
Technique Breaking Down the Monologue David Wappel analyzes the different kinds of monologues and gives some tips to write your own.
Story, Technique The Inciting Incident: Definition and Case Studies In short, the inciting incident is the moment that the protagonist is invited into the story. It is the thing that happens to him, that allows the rest of the story.
Technique The Present Tense, and when NOT to Use it in Screenwriting The present tense is the most used in screenwriting. David Wappel explains why and how other tenses can provide storytelling opportunities.
Story, Technique The First Ten Pages of Your Script Alex D. Reid explores the well-worn adage in screenwriting that the first ten pages of your screenplay make or break your chance of thrilling your audience.
Technique Why Nouns and Verbs are the Most Important Words in your Script David Wappel explains why nouns and verbs do the heavy lifting in your script and how you can use adjectives and adverbs to supplement them.
