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Breaking & Entering by Barri Evins

What Will Happen Next? Part 2: Suspense in Action

By Barri Evins
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Identifying Theme, Premise, Plot of Your Story

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

By Scott McConnell
Former Los Angeles producer/showrunner Scott McConnell shares advice on how to develop strong central conflicts for a drama.
Screenwriting How-To Articles

Create High-Value Conflicts to Elevate Your Drama

By Scott McConnell
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

By Script Magazine
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

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

By Barri Evins
BREAKING & ENTERING: Story Secrets - Don't Write What You Love. Love What You Write!
Screenwriting How-To Articles

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

By Barri Evins
Sharpen your writing with shark secrets!
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BREAKING & ENTERING: Shark Secrets to Sharpen Your Writing

By Barri Evins
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Storytelling Strategies: Tension, Release and 'Interstellar'

By Paul Joseph Gulino
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Notes from the Margins: Romance Isn't Dead...It's Just Different

By Danny Manus
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TV Writer Podcast 085 - How to Write a TV Pilot

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

By Danny Manus
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Reel Story: Most Common Reasons Why Scripts Are Rejected

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

By Danny Manus
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Specs & The City: Conflict and 'The Social Network'

By Brad Johnson
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Script Secrets Assignment: Character in Conflict

By William C. Martell