myjetpack: A recent cartoon for the Guardian. Not bad for story.

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Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle. Robert Olen Butler (via gideonsway) Accurate

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So I Read 600+ Scripts And…

You may not have noticed that the Banal Probe has been trickling in lately, but it’s because I read too many scripts in a row. Which is what I do, so there was money, but at what price? It’s not that the scripts are bad, or that the writing is bad. It all boils down…

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How to Tension in your Screenplay

annerocious: Hyperventilation is a good goal for tension in your script. Yes, it’s hard to be a writer when you have to snatch away the candy your protag wants. It’s cruel. It’s shitty. But that’s story. If the tension gets to be too much for you and you want to let it out at critical…

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I’m beginning a story, maybe for NaNoWriMo, maybe not. Either way, I’m writing, but the problem is, I don’t have a plot! I have characters and all that jazz, but no ideas for a plot. Do you have any tips?

writrs: Check out this previous post about plotting the plot. http://writrs.tumblr.com/post/12259536865/plotting-the-plot Also though, talk to your characters. Find out what they want most and help them (and try to stop them) from getting that.

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