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Daniel Calvisi • Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
All have very clear first and last acts – a call to action and a final judgement – but between them too, within the constraints of reality they’re derived from, the same structure as Shakespeare, as Terence and as Horace.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Michael Hauge taught me that every good story is built on three foundational elements: character, desire, and conflict, also known as the plot.
Russell Brunson • Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Converting Your Online Visitors into Lifelong Customers
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (novel by Thomas Harris, screenplay by Ted Tally, 1991) This is a story about an FBI trainee named Clarice who is searching for a serial killer known as Buffalo Bill. At the suggestion of her boss, Jack, she seeks the help of another serial killer already in prison, the infamous Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter. He is
... See moreJohn Truby • The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
the Braintrust is benevolent. It wants to help. And it has no selfish agenda.
Amy Wallace • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Nicholson was playing tennis at Quincy Jones’s when Towne first proposed the idea. “Look,” Towne said. “We can’t get The Last Detail going right now. What if I write a detective movie for you? It’ll be L.A. in the thirties.”
Sam Wasson • The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
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