Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Use an OPENING IMAGE to start your book
The idea of OPENING IMAGE is one of the best screen tricks that novelists can steal.
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Lessons from Musical Theater
Looking at musical theater is an excellent way to learn how to write unforgettable scenes and dramatize Story Elements like Inner and Outer Desire, Into…
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This summer, watch movies for craft!
Once you’ve learned how to watch movies for story structure, every film becomes a master class in craft.
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Frederick Douglass and Kendrick Lamar
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SETPIECE SCENES: Six Great Scenes Make a Movie — or a book!
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DIE HARD - story breakdown
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The Bad Version - scene work
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Is AI the end of writers—or the end of humanity?
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Inciting Incident: Something has to happen, immediately
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Movie breakdowns
Here's a page with links to the movie breakdowns I've done on this Substack - in progress!
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Your author vision statement
Have you written out your vision of what you want your life as an author to look like? Your big dreams, your day-to-day? Where you want to be a year…
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Bute Noir Crime Writing Festival
Tickets are now on sale for my favorite book festival - Bute Noir, on the spectacularly beautiful Isle of Bute, August 1-3.
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Act and Sequence Bridges – THE SHINING (and others)
Accomplished filmmakers often use the technique of a RECURRING IMAGE or DEVICE to indicate the end of each Sequence or Act and the beginning of another.
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Plants and Payoffs
Movies are a great way to get familiar with the important narrative technique of Plants & Payoffs. This is a storytelling trick that filmmakers are…
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Who are your readers?
This is a critical thing to know, but if you’re just starting out in your publishing career, you may not know how to answer that question.
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Crawling toward "The End"
I am crawling toward the finish line of this book. Inch by inch. In slow motion. It’s almost comical.
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Screenwriting Tricks for Authors
Screenwriting Tricks for Authors
Write and sell your best book or script - with storytelling tricks from your favorite movies!
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