Check out the below articles for a wide array of big picture screenwriting advice:
- Why Your Protagonist MUST Keep Moving
- A QUIET PLACE: 6 Story Lessons that Apply to Every Genre
- 4 Story Lessons from Universal’s Dark Universe of Monsters
- Why Playwrights Rule TV and Film
- Heart: The Emotional Glue that Binds Us to Story
- Ask the Tough Questions, Write Better Screenplays
- Rewriting Your Script Like a Pro: The 3 Step Guide
- 7 Story Secrets from Netflix
- Ken’s Top 10: Things I Love to See in a Script
- Do Your Screenplays Ask the Big Questions
- Why You Should Join a Writers Group
- 6 Screenwriting Lessons from Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- Screenwriting Wisdom from Oscar Winner Charles Randolph (The Big Short)
- 10 Writing Prompts for Developing a New Script Idea
- 5 Things Screenwriters Should Stop Worrying About
- Ken’s Top 10: Tips for Choosing a Script Concept
- How to Beat the Second Act Blues
- 26 Steps to Crafting a Spec Screenplay – Part I
- 26 Steps to Crafting a Spec Screenplay – Part II
- WHO CARES? 4 Ways to Raise the Stakes in Your Story
- 5 Deaths a Hero May Experience
- Making It Real: 3 Lessons from Documentary Storytelling
- Decoding Star Wars: 7 Story Secrets from The Force Awakens
- 4 Ways to Present Complex Material to an Audience
- Form, Structure, Formula.
- Naked and Afraid: 6 Things Your Character Should Fear
- Pinterest for Screenwriters
- 5 Lessons from Last Year’s Best Original Screenplay Noms
- Writer’s Blocks and Remedies: Part II
- Writer’s Blocks and Remedies: Part I
- A Tribute to Melissa Mathison: 3 Story Secrets in E.T.
- 5 Storytelling Lessons from Bill Murray
- Inequality in Film: The Screenwriter’s Role
- 4 Opportunities Created by Female Protagonists
- 6 Lessons on Creativity from Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic
- What’s It All About?? 4 Basic Themes for Constructing Stories
- Get What You Want: 5 External Goals for Your Hero
- 5 Tips to Start You on the Screenwriting Road to Oscar
- Dark Desires: 3 Things Your Antagonist Wants
- 3 Rules for Getting Feedback on Your Script
- The Screenwriter’s Creative Process
- Say My Name: 3 Theories for Naming Characters
- What Writers Can Learn From Game of Thrones
- Stripping Down: 4 Things Your Protagonist Must Shed to Succeed
- 3 Frameworks for Building a Strong Story
- Screenwriters, Why Do You Write?
- Toni Morrison on Failure, Rewriting, and Experimentation
- Tony Gilroy’s 10 Tips for Writing a Blockbuster
- David Lynch’s Advice to Writers
- Video: How Not to Write a Female Character
- The One Big Screenwriting Rule (and Why You Keep Breaking It)
- The But/Therefore Rule: One Simple Rule for Structuring Your Script
- Why You Should Write a Sh*tty First Draft
- The Lubitsch Touch
- 5 Ways to Defend Your Writing Time
- Video: Story Structure the Kurt Vonnegut Way
- Does Your Script Pass the Bechdel Test?
- A Fresh Take on the Save the Cat Beat Sheet
- Storyboard Your Movie with Amazon Storyteller
- Creativity Tools: The Netflix Genre Generator
- Hemingway on How to Be a Writer
- How to See the World Like an Artist
- Six Second Screenwriting Lessons from Brian Koppelman
- Video: How Great Screenwriters Prepare to Write
- 50 Resources to Help You Outline Your Script
- Structuring Your Script with the Dan Harmon Story Circle
- Terry Rossio on Finding a Uniquely Compelling Screenplay Concept
- Write Better by Creating a Coffee Shop at Home
- What To Do After Finishing a Draft of Your Script
- Finding the Emotional Core of Your Script (and Why That’s So Important)
- Writing a Script with Good DNA
- Why Nobody Would Buy ‘This is the End’ from an Unknown Writer
- Lying to Tell the Greater Truth in Your Writing
- John Cleese on 5 Things to Make Yourself More Creative
- 10 Lessons Every Writer Can Learn from Iron Man 3
- 10 Screenwriting Lessons From Django Unchained
- Workspaces that Inspire Creativity
- Character Types: All of Them
- Video: 5 Great Screenwriters Talk Craft
- 4 Essential Elements of a Knock-Out Ending
- 12 Things Spec Readers Look For
- Bad Guys as Good Guys: The Dexter Approach
- 15 Types of Inciting Incidents
- Stuck? Try a Writing Prompt
- 10 Rom Com Truisms
- Don’t Plagiarize, Do Steal
- Rewriting: Finding the Will to Take a Machete to Your Script
- 50 Dead Giveaways That You’re an Amateur Writer
- How to Steal From Yourself (Aaron Sorkin Style)
- Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling
- 7 Screenwriting Paradigms
- John Truby on Story
- Fulfilling Film Endings: Both Happy & Sad
- Write Better: Listen to Music
- Story v. Character: Which Matters More?
- The Trick to a Script Like Bridesmaids: Write, Then Rewrite, Then Rewrite…
- What Not to Do in Your First Five Pages
- Are You Sure It’s on the Page?
- Choosing the Right Music for Your Writing Sessions
- When it Comes to Your Characters, Reveal & Complicate
- Because Robert McKee Said So: Notes From the Master
- Ten Tips for Creating a Strong Lead Character
- Finding Your Main Character’s Arc
- The Keys to Writing Great Family Films
- Screenwriting 101: Watch, Read, Write
- Moving Your Story Along with Emmy-Winner Erik Bork
- If the Reader Doesn’t Get it, the Problem is in the Writing
- The Top 5 Screenwriting Mistakes to Avoid
- 3 Tips for Getting Your Script to the Studio Level
- Watching Movies from a Critical Point of View
- Script Writing Basics: The Middle
- Keeping Your Script Focused with a Dramatic Question
- The First Act: Starting Strong
- Climaxing the Right Way (In Your Script)
- 5 Lessons from the Work of Sydney Lumet
- What Audiences Need to Know When
- Video: Story-Mapping Iron Man 3
- Blade Runner – Go Into the Story
- Bridesmaids – Go Into the Story
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