Sitemap - 2023 - Screenwriting Tricks for Authors
While You Were Sleeping story breakdown
More lessons from holiday movies
Level up your writing - with holiday movies!
The Holiday: Story Structure Breakdown
Story Structure Patterns: What KIND of Story is It?
Nanowrimo: The Thanksgiving coma
Nanowrimo Week 3: The Downward Spiral
The Two-Part Act II - Nanowrimo Week 3
Nanowrimo Week 2 — Essential Elements
Nanowrimo: What's the EXPERIENCE?
Trans high school student barred from role in school play
Nanowrimo Week 2: Team, Training, Tests
The PLAN - the road map of your book or script!
Character Arc: Inner & Outer Desire
Nanowrimo Day 3: Something BIG has to happen
Nanowrimo Day 1: If you're stuck, skip ahead!
Act I links for Nanowrimo Week 1
What is HIGH CONCEPT? What is a BIG BOOK?
What's Your PREMISE? — Identifying the ACTION LINE of your story
Preptober: Getting & Expanding on the IDEA
Pitching tips from Bloody Scotland - and a poll
Writing Act III: Essential Elements & Useful Tricks
Writing Act III: Essential Elements & Useful Tricks
Use that Back to School energy for your writing!
Writing Your Act III: THE CASTLE
Your Act II Climax: The Dark Night and the Dawn
Your Protagonist's GHOST or WOUND
Act II: Part II — Visit to the Goddess
Act II: Part 2 — The Dark Forest
Q & A - Useful answers to common writing questions
The Clash of Inner and Outer Desire
Inner Desire vs. Outer Desire: Examples
Into Act II: Part 2 - The Downward Spiral
Looking ahead to Act III: The Castle
Creating Love Triangles/Second Love Interests
Brainstorm Your Book or Script with Index Cards
World Building: Your Collage Book
Act II: Part 1 —Team, Training, Tests
MIDPOINT - the tentpole of your book or script!
Act II: Part 1 —Essential Elements, cont.
Act II: Part 1 - What’s the EXPERIENCE of Your Book?
Essential Elements of ACT II: PART I
Act II, Part I: Into the Special World
World Building: Ordinary World & Special World
Is AI the end of writers—or the end of humanity?
The PLAN - the road map of your book or script!
Writing a Synopsis — that sells!
What is your main character WRONG about?
And the winner is: Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Index Card Method & Story Structure Grid
Unforgettable Character Introductions
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Act II:1
Inciting Incident: Something has to happen, immediately
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Story Breakdown
Creating Your Main Character: Special Skills or Superpowers
Ten Romantic Movies- to help you write your book!
Act and Sequence Climaxes breakdown
Screenwriting Tricks message board
What’s the best thing I can do right now?
Fall in Love With Story Structure
The Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Structure
SELMA analysis, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
DON'T start a new book! Finish the old one!
IMPORTANT: Debut Dagger crime writing competition