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Jeff Lyons

Screenplays Are There Story Rules?

Besides the technical rules pertaining to things like grammar, spelling, and rhetoric, here are 7 essential rules that are crucial for the function of storytelling, regardless of cultural or story structural differences (Western vs. Eastern, or other global storytelling approaches).

Screenplays “Rapid Story Development” with Author and Screenwriter Jeff Lyons Jenna Avery

Script Writing Multimedia ADAPTATION: Turning Your TV Series Into a Novel Series – Q&A with Stephen David Brooks & Jeff Lyons Script Magazine

Screenwriting Products Anatomy of a Premise Line: Q&A with Jeff Lyons Script Magazine

Writing Inspiration Story Talk: Criticism & Rejection – Take It Like a Writer!Jeff Lyons

Screenwriting How-To Articles Sci-Fi Circuit: The Enneagram of Sci-Fi Jenna Avery

Story Talk by Jeff Lyons Story Talk: Should I Take a $1 Option On a Screenplay?Jeff Lyons

Writing Inspiration Story Talk: I’m Talented—Dammit! Why Can’t I Sell Anything?Jeff Lyons

Story Talk by Jeff Lyons Story Talk: Plot=Character=Story—The Magick Formula™Jeff Lyons

Screenwriting How-To Articles The Crime Writer’s Weekend: Get the 411 on 5-0!Jeff Lyons

Story Talk by Jeff Lyons Story Talk: To Outline or Not to Outline—That Is the Question!Jeff Lyons

Story Talk by Jeff Lyons Story Talk: Writer’s Block—Really? Part II Jeff Lyons

Writing Inspiration Story Talk: Writer’s Block—Really? Part I Jeff Lyons

Using Script Consultants Story Talk: Pity the Poor Script Consultant Jeff Lyons

Writers Groups Story Talk: Writing Groups for Screenwriters—Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid!Jeff Lyons

Story Talk by Jeff Lyons Story Talk: High Concept—Yes—It Actually Means Something!Jeff Lyons

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