Anatomy Of A Screenplay Scene
Every scene in your screenplay must inform character, move your story forward and entertain audiences.
Are Your Scenes Boring? 8 Ways To Change That
Nothing makes a reader’s mind wander faster than a boring scene which makes them lose interest in your screenplay and scroll or flip through your pages without actively reading or engaging with them. Here are some creative ways to identify and even rectify that: 1) Character Stereotypes The characters are a carbon copy […]
Are Your Screenplay Scenes Excit-ing Or Excite-less?
The golden rule of screenwriting is to never bore your audience. Ever. The golden rules of scenes in your screenplay are that they must either advance plot or reveal character – ideally both. So, why are there so many boring scenes in many screenplays you read? Many are just page fillers which will never excite […]
5 Techniques To Make Your Scenes Pop
What I know about scenes from years of writing and teaching scriptwriting is a lot. I’ve written hundreds of scripts, both produced and unproduced, and I’ve been teaching this stuff for 25 years and counting. But what I don’t know about scenes is at least as much as I do. Scenes are perceived to be […]
7 Scenes That Reveal The Inner Layers Of Your Character
The moving images of film and television comprise scenes which become a complete audiovisual storytelling experience. Scenes are the arguably the most powerful components of a film or TV show. Apart from progressing the plot, scenes have an equal duty to reveal character in parallel. A skilled writer will gently weave tender character moments into […]
