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Understanding Screenwriting by Tom Stempel

UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Autumn Snows

Dec 23, 2020
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING:  Where Were You in ’69?

Oct 30, 2019
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Can’t We Get a Smile Here?

Jul 26, 2019
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Smart People, Smart Movies

Jul 10, 2019
Tom Stempel reviews Captain Marvel, Shazam!, and Us. Explore the screenwriting hits, misses, and opportunities for storytelling that got lost.
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Leotards and Jumpsuits

May 8, 2019
In Tom Stempel's monthly column on Understanding Screenwriting, he analyzes On the Basis of Sex, Cold War, Madam Secretary, and If Beale Street Could Talk.
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Time Passes, Things Change

Mar 28, 2019
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Now These Are, Mostly, More Like It

Feb 13, 2019
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Two Notes, Three Disappointments, and Two Appreciations

Dec 27, 2018
Tom Stempel analyzes A Simple Favor; The Old Man and the Gun; Juliet, Naked; The Book Shop; Operation Finale; Colette; All About Nina; The Sisters Brothers; and the book, When Women Wrote Hollywood.
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Lots of Women and a Few Guys

Nov 28, 2018
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: People of Many Colors

Oct 16, 2018
Tom Stempel examines the films Tully, Disobedience, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Ocean’s 8 to showcase the effective (or not effective) use of plot twists.
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UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Sometimes the Plot Twists Work, Sometimes They Don't

Jul 17, 2018
Film historian and author Tom Stempel continues his long-standing "Understanding Screenwriting" column on Script's site, exploring current and past films from the perspective of the screenplay itself.
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Understanding Screenwriting from the Script Up

Jun 20, 2018