Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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The Bad Version - scene work

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Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Alexandra Sokoloff
May 16, 2024
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There’s a Hollywood phrase that every screenwriter is very familiar with:

The Bad Version.

Recently we talked about the Hollywood concept of Breaking a Story— a crucial step of the TV development phase (and film, though not as universally) that I really encourage you novelists to use for yourselves. It’s one of many screenwriting concepts that I think are…

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