Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Act and Sequence Bridges – THE SHINING (and others)

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Alexandra Sokoloff
Jun 02, 2025
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I got a request for the sequence breakdown of The Shining, from a writer here who’s done his own breakdown (the very best way to learn story structure!) and wanted to check his own sequence breakdown against mine. I understand completely why he wants to discuss it, but we’ll get to that at the end of this post.

First, we need to recap basic Three-Act, Ei…

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