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Specs & The City by Brad Johnson
Specs & The City by Brad Johnson
Screenwriting How-To Articles
SPECS & THE CITY: Character Introductions and 'Silence of the Lambs'
By Brad Johnson
Nov 3, 2015
Screenwriting How-To Articles
SPECS & THE CITY: Deus Ex Machina and 'Lord of the Rings'
By Brad Johnson
Jul 29, 2015
Screenwriting How-To Articles
SPECS & THE CITY: Unreliable Narrator and 'Fight Club'
By Brad Johnson
Jun 17, 2015
How to Write a Screenplay
SPECS & THE CITY: The Meet Cute and 'Bridget Jones’s Diary'
By Brad Johnson
May 6, 2015
Screenwriting How-To Articles
SPECS & THE CITY: The Trickster Archetype and 'Beetlejuice'
By Brad Johnson
Apr 8, 2015
Screenwriting How-To Articles
SPECS & THE CITY: Monologues and 'Jaws'
By Brad Johnson
Feb 11, 2015
How to Write a Screenplay
SPECS & THE CITY: The Mentor Archetype and 'Star Wars'
By Brad Johnson
Jan 28, 2015
Screenwriting How-To Articles
SPECS & THE CITY: The Shapeshifter Archetype and ‘Harry Potter'
By Brad Johnson
Dec 31, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Opening Scenes of Movies & Children of Men
By Brad Johnson
Nov 19, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: The Shadow Archetype and 'Inception'
By Brad Johnson
Jul 9, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: The Threshold Guardian Archetype and 'The Princess Bride'
By Brad Johnson
May 21, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Archetypes - The Herald and Fellowship of the Ring
By Brad Johnson
May 7, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Death Scenes and 'Blade Runner'
By Brad Johnson
Apr 9, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Story Tone and 'Batman'
By Brad Johnson
Mar 12, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Supporting Characters and 'Glengarry Glen Ross'
By Brad Johnson
Feb 26, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Raising The Stakes In Your Script and 'The Fugitive'
By Brad Johnson
Feb 5, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Mixing Genres and 'Romancing the Stone' (and 'Cowboys and Aliens')
By Brad Johnson
Jan 22, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Voice-Over and 'The Usual Suspects'
By Brad Johnson
Jan 15, 2014
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Top 10 Films of 2013
By Brad Johnson
Dec 18, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
SPECS & THE CITY: The Power of Character Names
By Brad Johnson
Dec 11, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: 5 Things Screenwriters Can Be Thankful For
By Brad Johnson
Nov 20, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Repetition of Exposition and 'The Avengers'
By Brad Johnson
Nov 13, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Juxtaposition and 'The Godfather'
By Brad Johnson
Nov 6, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Writing Tone and 'Children of Men'
By Brad Johnson
Oct 30, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs and The City: 5 Screenwriting Lessons from 'Gravity'
By Brad Johnson
Oct 23, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: How to Write a Screenplay - Building Your Script Like a House
By Brad Johnson
Oct 16, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: 5 Lessons For Screenwriters From 'Breaking Bad'
By Brad Johnson
Oct 9, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: One Year Later
By Brad Johnson
Sep 18, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Female Characters and... Pretty Much Every Movie Ever
By Brad Johnson
Sep 11, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Movie Cliches and 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'
By Brad Johnson
Sep 4, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: "We see..." and 'Heat' & 'The Breakfast Club'
By Brad Johnson
Aug 28, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Writing Scenes - In Late / Out Early and 'The Dark Knight'
By Brad Johnson
Aug 21, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Subtext and 'War of the Worlds'
By Brad Johnson
Aug 14, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Subplots and 'Die Hard'
By Brad Johnson
Aug 7, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Action Scenes and 'Die Hard'
By Brad Johnson
Jul 31, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Establishing Characters and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
By Brad Johnson
Jul 17, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Sequences and Toy Story, Part 5
By Brad Johnson
Jul 10, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Sequences and 'Toy Story' (Part 4)
By Brad Johnson
Jul 3, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Sequences and 'Toy Story' Part 3
By Brad Johnson
Jun 27, 2013
Screenwriter Blogs
Specs & The City: Sequences and 'Toy Story' Part 2
By Brad Johnson
Jun 20, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Sequences and 'Toy Story' Part 1
By Brad Johnson
Jun 13, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: The Meet Cute and 'When Harry Met Sally'
By Brad Johnson
Jun 5, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Writing Character Descriptions and 'Last Action Hero"
By Brad Johnson
May 15, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Character Arcs (or the lack thereof) and 'The Fugitive'
By Brad Johnson
May 1, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Downbeat Film Endings and 'The Road'
By Brad Johnson
Apr 23, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Inciting Incidents and 'Back To The Future'
By Brad Johnson
Apr 16, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Writing Exposition and 'Little Miss Sunshine'
By Brad Johnson
Apr 9, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Mixing Genres and 'Shaun of the Dead'
By Brad Johnson
Apr 2, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Babies and 'Your Script'
By Brad Johnson
Mar 26, 2013
Screenwriting How-To Articles
Specs & The City: Plot Setup, Payoff, and 'Jaws'
By Brad Johnson
Mar 13, 2013
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