Broken Story

What about Ellen Ripley?

The History and Transformation of the Final Girl Final Girl is a phrase that carries implications of strength, perseverance, and resilience. But where did the Final Girl come from and how has she changed?The Final Girl is a trope that carries implications of strength, perseverance, and resilience. But where did the Final Girl come from, and how ha...

Why am I posting all these links about notecards? To emphasize the importance of development.

Screenwriting Tip: Index Cards This is an index card. In a digital world, it is a decidedly analog thing. But for most screenwriters and TV writers, it is one of the most indispensable tools of the trade. This is what a wall in a…

The Simplest Tool for Fast, Fun Screenwriting - ScreenCraft What's the timeless tool that's helped scores of screenwriters work through their stories? Notecards! Here are easy suggestions for getting started.

Word processors are awesome but, sometimes you need a hard copy.

I find note cards are a huge help in realizing my story.

How do screenwriters use index cards? How do screenwriters use index cards? Tagged: outlines, pitching, scene headings, screenplay, screenwriting, script, scriptwriting, structure, terms, writingMany screenwriters find index cards (aka notecards, note cards, or flash cards) valuable in both the outlining and pitching processes. They are...

Here is a huge list of scripts from recent movies to download.

Script Download Links 100+ scripts made available by studios and production companies.

Skin a cat more than one way.

Out of Order: A Discussion of Nonlinear Narrative Structure A Discussion of Non-linear Narrative Structure

The Rules of Science Fiction & Fantasy Worldbuilding, Part 1 • Career Authors Think writing science fiction or fantasy means you get to make things up with no regard to rules? Think again! Part 1 of 4 on worldbuilding.

Modern Interpretations of Greek Chorus For background detail on Greek theatre productions at the National Theatre, see our online exhibit: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/exhibit/gree...

Carl Jung’s archetypes can be found through cinema, most notably in Star Wars. But characters draw directly from an archetype can become flat and predictable. To create a complex character, draw from several archetypes, even conflicting ones to create someone rich and compelling.

Carl Jung - What are the Archetypes? In this video we investigate what Carl Jung called archetypes, explaining what they are, how they influence our lives, their relationship to symbols, and the...

Here is another DLT to keep you writing. Design a story so compelling that you cannot wait until you see it on a big screen even though you know how it ends. A story you’re so obsessed with you sneak off to write another scene when you’re supposed to be working your day job. A story the needs no trick to encourage you to write. We can help with that.

Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: 1 Page A Day I heard it from producer Larry Gordon about how to knock out a script: Write one page per day. Think about it — at one page per day, in 4 months you’ve generated a 120 pages. So if you take this…

Got a great premise but the chronological three-act structure isn’t doing it justice?

10 Screenplay Structures That Screenwriters Can Use - ScreenCraft Ken Miyamoto details the ten best screenwriting structures that you can choose from to tell your cinematic stories.