Conflict

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Identifying Theme, Premise, Plot of Your Story

The Worst Conflict! The Top Tip of How to Create a Good Story

Former Los Angeles producer/showrunner Scott McConnell shares advice on how to develop strong central conflicts for a drama.
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Create High-Value Conflicts to Elevate Your Drama

Veteran screenwriter Jeremy Leven shows how to lay the groundwork for writing the reveal without giving it away or making the audience feel they are being toyed with.
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CRAFT: Screenwriter of The Notebook Offers Tips on Writing The Reveal

Individual subplots illustrate a different aspect of the main conflict or show a different step in the solution of the main conflict. William C. Martell examines how the subplots in The Shape of Water help shape the film's main conflict and theme.
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SCRIPT SECRETS: Subplot Prism and The Shape of Water

Don't Be Afraid of The Big, Bad Logline
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BREAKING & ENTERING: Loglines and Tigers and Bears – Oh My!

BREAKING & ENTERING: Story Secrets - Don't Write What You Love. Love What You Write!
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BREAKING & ENTERING: Story Secrets - Don't Write What You Love. Love What You Write!

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BREAKING & ENTERING: Shark Secrets to Sharpen Your Writing

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Storytelling Strategies: Tension, Release and 'Interstellar'

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Notes from the Margins: Romance Isn't Dead...It's Just Different

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TV Writer Podcast 085 - How to Write a TV Pilot

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Notes from the Margins: Tick, Tick, Tick...Boom! How Inserting a Time Clock Can Help Your Story

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Reel Story: Most Common Reasons Why Scripts Are Rejected

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Notes from the Margins: What Football Has That Your Script Needs

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Specs & The City: Conflict and 'The Social Network'

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Script Secrets Assignment: Character in Conflict