Archive for the ‘Structure’ Category
The GOATS method for writing and editing
10 Aug 2018How to write powerful stories using the GOATS method. Great stories possess great power. Whether fiction, movies, TV or theatre,…
Use the Bake Off rule to improve your scripts
19 Aug 2014Bake Off is back. But is there something we can learn from the series’ success? Aside from how to bake a…
Amber ending: How they could have broken the rules and succeeded
04 Jul 2014Were you made red with range over the ending of the often excellent mini-series Amber – or did you feel it was…
The Story of Structure: Creating Story Legs part 2
11 Jun 2014The concluding part from guest blogger Yvonne Grace on story structure for TV series and serials, Creating Story Legs. Yvonne…
The Structure of Story. Creating Story Legs Part 1
09 Jun 2014Today we have the first of a fascinating two-part post by guest blogger Yvonne Grace on story structure for TV…
What the World Cup taught me about screenwriting
04 Jun 2014I have to confess: much of what I know about life, let alone screenwriting, has come from football, and in…
Five things they don’t tell you about screenplay structure
25 Apr 2014There’s a great deal of hot air talked about screenplay structure – much more than about any other area of…
Four simple steps for writing a gripping treatment
06 Feb 2013Do you find it difficult to structure a treatment so that it grips the reader as strongly as the full…
Give your flashbacks the kiss of life
09 Jul 2012There are a thousand myths about flashbacks in scripts. Some people say you shouldn’t ever write them. Some people say…
