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Posts Tagged with ‘outline’

  • How the gurus who teach “show don’t tell” could ruin your treatment

    09 Nov 2016

    All screenwriting gurus teach “Show don’t tell” – it’s one of the few things they all agree on. How can…

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  • The biggest synopsis mistake that writers make

    11 Feb 2015

    THE BIGGEST SYNOPSIS MISTAKE I see hundreds of treatments and synopses and most have clearly been slaved over by their…

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  • Want to enjoy writing treatments – find your voice

    04 Feb 2011

    It's true screenplays don't offer a great variety of style or voice - but that doesn't apply to treatments, synopses and outlines. There are far fewer style rules for such outlines of your story.

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  • Write treatments with style

    01 Sep 2010

    I've written before that good screenwriters often get tangled up writing treatments. One major reason is that they are simply using the wrong style.

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