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How to Write a Screenplay

Discover the essential techniques on how to write a screenplay that grabs an executive’s attention and makes the execution of your story as good as the hook, all while taking the audience on an emotional ride. Writing a great screenplay also demands understanding of how to build a blueprint for a film production crew to follow.

The Climate Screenwriter

What ‘Superman’ Can Teach Screenwriters or: The Importance of Being Earnest Bryan Young

What’s a Callback in a Script and Are They Necessary or Even Useful?Tim Schildberger

What Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Can Teach Screenwriters Bryan Young

How Do I Write Sex and Action?Tim Schildberger

What Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts*’ Can Teach Screenwriters Bryan Young

Do Your Opening Pages Really Matter That Much?Tim Schildberger

What ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Can Teach Screenwriters Bryan Young

Lessons from the Script: ‘September 5’ and an Inside View of Tragedy Valerie Kalfrin

‘The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim’ and What It Can Teach Screenwriters Bryan Young

I Give You Props!William C. Martell

Writing Prompts to Help You Save the Planet Leigh Medeiros

‘Gladiator II’ and What It Can Teach Screenwriters Bryan Young

My (Scary!) Personal Story William C. Martell

Are There Story Rules?Jeff Lyons

Beyond Spectacle: Rewriting Disaster in an Age of Disasters Leigh Medeiros

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ and What It Can Teach Screenwriters Bryan Young