Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Story Patterns: The BIG LIE

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Alexandra Sokoloff
Dec 31, 2023
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It’s still the holidays, and I’m continuing this series on using holiday movies to level up your writing!

One of the best movies we watched this week was The Scapegoat, a 2012 adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s 1957 novel.

You do have to buy into a pretty preposterous setup, but it’s so well acted by a wonderful and beautifully matched cast, with some clev…

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