What Is a Premise in Writing And How To Find It
What is a premise in writing? It tends to be a mystery, because depending on which screenwriting book you’ll read, you’ll probably find a different explanation of it.
How to Grab the Viewers Attention – The Dramatic Question
No matter what you write in your screenplay or how you write it, there is not a single screenwriter who doesn’t care to dazzle the viewers of their film and keep them interested for the entire movie. How do you hook your film viewers attention for the entire movie? One of the most important tools to do that is the Dramatic Question!
5 Important Steps to Write a Better Logline
Lots of people are talking about the logline, but what is a logline and why it is so important? How can you write a good logline? In this article I’m going to show you, what is, in my opinion, the best method to use in order to write a strong logline. Keep reading to find out what are the 5 most important steps to write a better logline!
Call to Adventure and Inciting Incident: NOT the Same Thing
So many people in the industry mention the Inciting Incident and the Call to Adventure as if they were the exact same thing… which results in a lot of confusion regarding in which scene one can find the one or the other. In this article, I’m going to explain what’s the matter with this confusion and why the two of them are NOT the same thing.
How To Write A Good Act 2 In Your Screenplay
Hello my fellow screenwriters! In this article I’m going to show you a few tips on how to write Act 2 in your script and what it usually contains. For building Act 2 I am going to use a combination of 3 different structure models as they are suggested by Syd Field, Joseph Campbell and Blake Snyder. I’m going to show you what main parts to include or steps to take on your second act, so you won’t struggle (not much at least).
Story, Plot, Genre & Theme: What Are There In A Film?
What are the differences between story, plot, genre and theme? Very often we confuse the meanings of story and plot. Let’s clarify them!
The Difference Between Scene And Sequence In A Film
Welcome to a new section by Scriptwriting tips: it’s the screenwriting basics! With the Screenwriting Basics we ’re going to cover mostly basic knowledge about screenwriting, so feel free to ask any question you want, no matter how simple you think it is, in the comment section below. For our first post in this section we’re going to find out the difference between Scene and Sequence in a film. I know it seems as a basic thing, but there are many people out there trying to work in the film industry that don’t really know what’s a sequence. In order to clarify that, I feel I must explain first the…
How To Understand Act 1 Using The House Analogy
In the 3-act structure it has prevailed to name the beginning of the story, known also as the setup, Act 1. Respectively, Act 2 is the middle of a story, and Act 3 the end. But what exactly is Act 1?
