Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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While You Were Sleeping story breakdown

While You Were Sleeping story breakdown

Screenwriting Tricks for Authors

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Alexandra Sokoloff
Dec 31, 2023
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While You Were Sleeping story breakdown
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While You Were Sleeping is a favorite of writers who take my workshops, and also makes a lot of people’s favorite Christmas movies lists. I love to teach it as an example of some common LOVE STORY PATTERNS:

  1. THE BIG LIE, which includes Mistaken Identity, False Identity, or The Impostor),

  2. THE WRONG BROTHER story. You all know this one: it’s really the fia…

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