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What new looking cliffhangers can you create that fit your story? (Images courtesy of the author.) ART OF STORYTELLING 19 Types of Cliffhangers Scene Cliffhangers To Keep Them Watching By Sherri Sheridan Cliffhangers are visual and emotional mousetraps. How do you make viewers worry about what will happen next and want to keep watching?… …
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Casablanca. Enough said. The true irony here is that the film was based on an un-produced play “Everyone Comes to Ricks”, which is one of the earliest lines in the film, and was considered a B-movie at best. Many actors turned down the film and those that did it did it strictly under contract. 15… …
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By Jared Isham Concepts come at us in all sorts of different rates. There’s really no way of knowing when the floodgates are going to open sometimes they just cost too much to money to make, especially if we’re trying to make it on our own. So how can you come up with story ideas… …
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Using the Budweiser Super Bowl Puppy Commercial 2015 as an example. Why does everyone love this Budweiser puppy ad? Super story structure that touches on all the right emotional notes. Basic plot points are like story fractals that appear in every level of the structure. The same plot points that form the basis for feature… …
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Writers vary in terms of how many ideas are floating around in their heads at any one time. Pen Densham, (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) told me he has hundreds of ideas all the time. Lawrence Kasdan (Big Chill, Grand Canyon, etc.) told me he usually only has one or two. Obviously, there is no… …
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By Sherri Sheridan If you’re a screenwriter, or filmmaker writing your own script to shoot and edit yourself, and need a bit of help to get your creative juices flowing, here’s something that could really help you when you’re experiencing temporary writer’s block. These are 40 basic plot points that you can either work with,… …
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Don’t Depend on Your Characters Alone by Terence Brody Have you ever come across films that have very vivid and interesting characters, but often the circumstances they are in aren’t that interesting at all? Writing great characters isn’t easy. We better know them very well before we share our story about them. So we do… …
