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The Screenwriting Process – Step 6. Scenes

February 28, 2018April 11, 2018 By James

If you’ve made it this far through the process then – good news! We are finally going to start writing a script. Fire

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The Screenwriting Process – Step 5. Outline… again!

February 26, 2018April 11, 2018 By James

(or, the art of writing a “scriptment”) So, you’ve got a solid outline of five or six pages that step through what’s going to

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How to outline your screenplay.
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The Screenwriting Process – Step 4. Outline

February 26, 2018May 29, 2018 By James

So. You’ve got your inspiration, your premise, all your characters sorted. Surely now, you can jump into writing the actual damn screenplay? As

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Developing characters for your screenplay.
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The Screenwriting Process – Step 3. Characters

February 26, 2018January 21, 2019 By James

Some people might think that the natural next step after nailing your premise is to start to structure a plot. And that’s a

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The premise of your screenplay.
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The Screenwriting Process – Step 2. Premise

February 26, 2018May 2, 2018 By James

Now that you have your idea and you’re all fired up and ready to write, you need to start and do a little

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Where to start in the screenwriting process.
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The Screenwriting Process – Step 1. Starting

February 21, 2018January 21, 2019 By James

Don’t start. That’s the first piece of advice I’d give anyone who asks me how to start a script. Don’t start. At least,

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