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ScreenplaysSCRIPT SECRETS: ‘Barbarian’ – Change Up!

How do you keep your screenplay unpredictable? We look at 2022’s ‘Barbarian’ for the answers… and a technique I call the “Change Up!” – a major plot twist that completely changes everything in the story.

William C. Martell
Screenplays‘Godzilla Minus One’ – Part Two: Conflict Exposes Character, Visual Storytelling, and RedemptionWilliam C. Martell
Screenplays‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ and What It Can Teach ScreenwritersBryan Young
Screenwriter InterviewsA Twist on the Holiday Romantic Comedy: A Conversation with ‘The Noel Diary’ Director and Co-Writer Charles ShyerSadie Dean
Understanding Screenwriting by Tom StempelUNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Sometimes the Plot Twists Work, Sometimes They Don’tTom Stempel
Screenwriting How-To ArticlesBREAKING & ENTERING: Shark Secrets to Sharpen Your WritingBarri Evins
Screenwriting How-To Articles“Don’t Withhold; Reveal, and Complicate”Erik Bork

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