• Home
  • Charles Harris Books
    • Room 15
    • The Breaking of Liam Glass
    • Free books
    • The Cupboard – short story collection with bonus novella
    • Teach Yourself: Complete Screenwriting Course
    • Jaws in Space – Powerful Pitching for Film and TV Screenwriters
    • Short Stories & Anthologies
    • Police Slang
  • Blog & Resources
    • Latest posts
    • Book Reviews
    • Selling & Pitching
    • Treatment Writing
    • Crime
    • Recommended Books for Writers
    • Top 6 Books For Writers
    • Tips On Using The Internet For Research
    • Useful links for using the Internet for Research
    • Screenplay format guides for cinema and TV
    • Writing planning charts
    • Links
  • Events
    • Book Events & Courses
    • Screen-Lab Teaching and Consultation
    • Press Reviews
  • About
    • Charles Harris CV
    • Book reviews
    • Film & TV
    • Film Reviews
    • Theatre
    • Interviews – TV, radio and podcast
    • Interviews – print and web
    • Gallery
  • Sitemap
  • Contact
    • Privacy Notice
  • Adaptation Workbook

Charles Harris author ~

Charles Harris author

Archive for the ‘Structure’ Category

  • Wants and Needs in writing

    06 Sep 2018

    Wants and Needs in Writing A few weeks ago I wrote about my GOATS method for writing fiction and screenplays.…

    Continue reading »

  • The GOATS method for writing and editing

    10 Aug 2018

    How to write powerful stories using the GOATS method. Great stories possess great power. Whether fiction, movies, TV or theatre,…

    Continue reading »

  • Use the Bake Off rule to improve your scripts

    19 Aug 2014

    Bake Off is back. But is there something we can learn from the series’ success? Aside from how to bake a…

    Continue reading »

  • Amber ending: How they could have broken the rules and succeeded

    04 Jul 2014

    Were you made red with range over the ending of the often excellent mini-series Amber – or did you feel it was…

    Continue reading »

  • The Story of Structure: Creating Story Legs part 2

    11 Jun 2014

    The concluding part from guest blogger Yvonne Grace on story structure for TV series and serials, Creating Story Legs. Yvonne…

    Continue reading »

  • The Structure of Story. Creating Story Legs Part 1

    09 Jun 2014

    Today we have the first of a fascinating two-part post by guest blogger Yvonne Grace on story structure for TV…

    Continue reading »

  • What the World Cup taught me about screenwriting

    04 Jun 2014

    I have to confess: much of what I know about life, let alone screenwriting, has come from football, and in…

    Continue reading »

  • Five things they don’t tell you about screenplay structure

    25 Apr 2014

    There’s a great deal of hot air talked about screenplay structure – much more than about any other area of…

    Continue reading »

  • Four simple steps for writing a gripping treatment

    06 Feb 2013

    Do you find it difficult to structure a treatment so that it grips the reader as strongly as the full…

    Continue reading »

  • Give your flashbacks the kiss of life

    09 Jul 2012

    There are a thousand myths about flashbacks in scripts. Some people say you shouldn’t ever write them. Some people say…

    Continue reading »

« Older Articles

  • Follow me on:

    TwitterFacebookLinkedInGoodreadsInstagram
  • The Cupboard - cover
  • Select Posts by Category

  • Popular posts

    • Character
      8 ways to make your characters come vividly to life
    • Books, Reviews, The Library Corner, Thriller
      The Boys from Biloxi. Has Grisham taken on too big a case?
    • Books, Finishing, Novels, Stories, Technique
      7 steps that make a satisfying ending
    • Books, Reviews, The Library Corner, Thriller
      Dark night of the soul? Review of Louise Doughty’s Platform Seven
    • Books, Breaking The Rules, Character, Comedy, Reviews, Satire
      Breaking bad? Review of Graham Greene’s Travels with My Aunt
  • ♣ Subscribe

    • Entries (RSS)
    • Comments (RSS)
  • Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    • Sitemap