Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

The PLAN - the road map of your book or script!

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Alexandra Sokoloff
Mar 25, 2023
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If there’s just one bottom line piece of advice I can give you about how to write a novel or script, it’s this— You need to know the PLAN.

Your protagonist’s Plan is the road map, the Holy Grail, the spine, the sine qua non of your story— book or script. The Plan is going to drive every single thing about your plot.

I’ve worked with a lot of writers, dire…

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