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Inciting Incident: Planting the Bomb
Keeping the audience interested throughout the ‘setup’ is a major challenge as professional readers...
Structure: Michael Clayton
A structural overview of Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007) in 8 Sequences. When I watched the film during its...
Blade Runner: The 8 Mins First Act
If you want to be a professional screenwriter, be open to spoilers. Furthermore, be open to the weaknesses in your...
Inciting Incident: Definitions
Inciting Incident, Catalyst, Call to Adventure, Disturbance. All terms referring to the first crucial moment: the...
The Inciting Incident
The first guy to write down that a story needs a beginning, middle and end, was Aristotle. About twenty-four...
Glossary
The following is a basic list of terms I believe you should have an understanding of. To be a professional, it is...
Tools: Nine Sequences – 45 Scen...
ACT ONE SEQUENCE A: Ordinary World + Inciting Incident -...
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