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Tom Stempel examines the blockbusters, Incredibles 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Year of the Spectacular Men, and Let the Sunshine In, to showcase the screenwriters' choices for their female characters.
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Blockbusters and Women

Amy Adams (right) as Louise Banks in ARRIVAL by Paramount Pictures. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs
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What Makes a "Strong" Female Character?

Before you submit your script for coverage or critique, make sure your work is void of things that annoy script readers! Professional script reader, Brian O'Malley, shares insights into things script readers hate to see in a screenplay.
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20 Little Things That Make Script Readers Hate Your Screenplay

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STORY BROADS: How to Explore Female Character Bias to Transform Your Story

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Atomic Blonde: Atomic Failure or Atomic Success?

A common gripe among a lot of actresses is that they don’t find many strong female roles in the scripts they’re given, and so sometimes they seek out roles written for men.
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Women Are People, Too: 6 Ways to Write Better Female Characters

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IT DEPENDS: How the Bechdel Test Should Be Used

BEHIND THE LINES WITH DR: Writing Female Characters - She Said; She Said by Doug RIchardson | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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BEHIND THE LINES WITH DR: Writing Female Characters - She Said; She Said.

FEMALE PROTAGONISTS: Whoa, Man... You're Writing Her All Wrong! by Robert Piluso
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FEMALE PROTAGONISTS: Whoa, Man... You're Writing Her All Wrong!

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INNER DRIVES: What's My Character Motivation? "Marilyns, Moms, Muses"

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Screenwriting Website of the Week: The Bitch Pack

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The Taming of the Shrew: Writing Female Characters & Archetypes

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Specs & The City: Female Characters and... Pretty Much Every Movie Ever