Lessons from the Screenplay

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I believe that a more informed audience raises the bar for storytelling. That examining the techniques used to tell great stories makes your own writing bett...

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The Anatomy of Genres — A Conversation with John Truby @BeyondTheScreenplay

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Why Mass Effect Should Be the Next Game of Thrones

How Good Filmmaking Brings a Script to Life

The Soul of Good Character Design

How A Christmas Carol Perfectly Demonstrates Five-Act Structure

A Few Good Men — Writing a Final Battle

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How Coraline Borrows from Ancient Forms of Storytelling

How Stranger Things Conveys Tone and Style

Christopher Nolan vs. Interstellar — The Nolan Crosscut

The Rules (Guidelines) of Adventure — The Pirates of the Caribbean

One X-Cellent Scene — Attack on Division X

Mad Men — Layers of Meaning

Jaws — Assembling a Top-Tier Team (feat. @TierZoo)

Iron Man vs. Captain America — The 11-Year Character Arc

Parasite vs. Sunset Boulevard — The Disillusionment Arc

Parasite — The Power of Symbols

Casino Royale — How Action Reveals Character

The Last of Us (feat. Writer & Creative Director Neil Druckmann) @Story Mode

Aliens vs. Terminator 2 — How to Sequel like James Cameron

The Matrix — Exposition in Action

The Hidden Structure of Before Sunset

Minority Report — When the Story World Becomes The Villain

One Marvelous Scene — Spider-Man Homecoming

Adaptation.

The Silence of the Lambs — Dissecting a Scene

Searching — Reformatting a Thriller

Groundhog Day — An Inescapable Premise

Annihilation — The Art of Self-Destruction