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MEET THE READER: A Look Back at the Oscar-Winning Screenplay for Breaking Away

Out of either lack of knowledge, lack of experience, lack of confidence, or (sometimes) laziness, they will take a shortcut to create an effect rather than do the work to create the real thing. Ray Morton highlights some of those screenwriting gimmicks you should avoid.
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MEET THE READER: Into the Sunset - Screenwriting Gimmicks

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MEET THE READER: Generic Thinking - Why Story Genre Matters

The opening scenes of a story set the tone and creates the story's world. The inciting incident sets the story in motion. But one of the most important and least talked about elements of dramatic storytelling is the build.
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MEET THE READER: Storytelling Essentials—The Build

Script reader, Ray Morton, explains why there are only four elements to screenwriting that make your story a true cinematic experience.
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MEET THE READER: The (Only) Four Elements of Screenwriting

Ray Morton warns of the many distractions on the path to being a professional screenwriter and explains the goal that is most important... writing a great script.
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MEET THE READER: Everything But the Script

As a professional script reader with years of experience, Ray Morton gives advice on five types of movie ideas a screenwriter should avoid.
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MEET THE READER: 5 Types of Movie Ideas You Shouldn't Bother to Write

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MEET THE READER: Order of Operations for Script Revision - Sally Will Call Doug For Tea

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MEET THE READER: Something to Learn - The Craft of Screenwriting

MEET THE READER: This and That - Observations on Spec Scripts
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MEET THE READER: This and That - Observations on Spec Scripts

MEET THE READER: Why Can't You Be Nice? by Ray Morton | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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MEET THE READER: Why Can't You Be Nice?

MEET THE READER: What’s the (Back)Story? by Ray Morton | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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MEET THE READER: What’s the (Back)Story?

MEET THE READER: Positively Super - What Makes Great Movies? by Ray Morton | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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MEET THE READER: Positively Super - Where 'Batman v Superman' Went Wrong

MEET THE READER: Eight Screenwriting Scams to Avoid by Ray Morton | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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MEET THE READER: Eight Screenwriting Scams to Avoid

MEET THE READER: What I Will Do For You (and What I Will Not Do for You) by Ray Morton | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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MEET THE READER: What I Will Do For You (and What I Will Not Do for You)

MEET THE READER: Some New Year Resolutions for Screenwriters by Ray Morton | Script Magazine #scriptchat
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MEET THE READER: Some New Year Resolutions for Screenwriters

MEET THE READER: Components of Screen Storytelling - The Protagonist by Ray Morton | Script Magazine
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MEET THE READER: Components of Screen Storytelling - The Protagonist

SCRIPT INDUSTRY EXPERT Q&A: Meet Ray Morton of 'Meet the Reader' | Script Magazine
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SCRIPT INDUSTRY EXPERT Q&A: Meet Ray Morton of 'Meet the Reader'

THE CRAFT : Considering Screenplay Coverage by Lee Jessup | Script Magazine #scriptchat
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MEET THE READER: Lessons Learned from Reading Too Many Spec Scripts

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MEET THE READER: Formulaic Thinking

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MEET THE READER: Birdman OR the Importance of Keeping an Open Mind

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MEET THE READER: Film Editing & Screenwriting - Cutting Remarks

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Meet the Reader: Exposition Gone Bad

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MEET THE READER: Processing the Screenwriting Process