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Don't let Act 2 intimidate you. Break it up into smaller pieces. Make these choices in your screenwriting: - What's the dramatic question out of Act 1? - When does the protagonist stop exploring this new world and pivot to a specific attempt to solve their problem? - What's

This section of @franklinleonard’s essay is something I see every single day in my query emails, in contests, in film school scripts and, honestly, here on Twitter. Worth reading and considering.

After 29 years as a professional screenwriter, this is my process before I outline: 1. Find the story. Who transforms and how? 2. Find the dramatic question. What do they want and why? 3. Find the fun. Why and how does this concept generate great scenes? Do this, and I'm ready

Being able to actually see what’s happening in dark or low-light scenes used to matter. Shadows had shape, blacks had detail, and night photography still communicated space. Too often now, darkness just becomes information loss.

The solar system doesn't just spin in a flat circle. Your science textbooks really failed to mention that we are basically traveling in a massive DNA strand across the universe. Visualizing it like this is absolutely wild. 🧬🚀 https://t.co/LQ839iLY4E

Eighty years old, and still mind-blowing.

🚨: After 48 years of travel, NASA 's Voyager 1 is nearing one light-day from Earth, almost 16 billion miles away. A proud milestone for humanity, and a humbling reminder of how small we are in an infinite universe. https://t.co/30B5rEHXef

This animation from 1932 is a masterpiece. It was the first cartoon to win an Oscar.

Lin-Manuel Miranda: “You have to live with the notion of, ‘If I don’t write this, no one’s going to write it. If I die, this idea dies with me.’” #writing

How A 22-Year Old Found A Hollywood Agent And Sold His First Screenplay - Todd Berger https://t.co/NKiuuIOmuL #writers #amwriting #filmcommunity

2025 Award Season Screenplays — 22 Total, 2 New Scripts: Sinners, Wicked: For Good. Download 'em. Read 'em. Analyze 'em. https://t.co/CXFbTZWYAZ #movies #screenwriting

Here is the 2025 Black List. Information on the 74 scripts and 86 writers who made the list this year. A link where you may download the list. Congratulations, writers! I look forward to interviewing several of you for my blog. https://t.co/gQEl4hORir #blacklist #screenwriting

The logline is a promise of what you’ll deliver in your screenplay. You do this through the concept, which should promise all the great scenes filled with thrills, love, laughs, or drama. If it's just plot, no one cares. Who, what, where, and why is simply not enough for a

Script Analysis: "Monsters University"  (2013) - Scene By Scene Breakdown. A great way to analyze a screenplay and its story structure. https://t.co/KkQxgsxWsb #movies #screenwriting

Home Alone. So unrealistic. The Honda Civic Santa drives, would never have broken down. #Christmas_Alone #Christmas2025 #christmasmovies

The audience needs to see the characters try to solve their problem logically first. How would this character normally react? With their skills and their shortcomings. They won't believe the more extreme choices later in the story if the other options aren't exhausted first.

Agent and Managers - Niceole Levy https://t.co/ovBuOJmL7L #writersoftiktok #writertok #screenwriting

There's a major disconnect between what writers think are original ideas & what execs/reps/producers/consultants think are original ideas... why?? Because writers can only judge by what gets made. So, it's easy to say "There's never been a movie like this!" And THINK that their

Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan, known for his visually distinctive work on 'The Favourite' & 'Poor Things', received the inaugural THR Visionary in Cinematography Award at the 2025 EnergaCamerimage Film Festival. Read more: https://t.co/KiIJ6uPqhS

2025 Award Season Screenplays — 9 Total, 7 New Scripts: Belén, Eddington, Friendship, Materialists, The Smashing Machine, Sorry, Baby, Warfare. Download 'em. Read 'em. Analyze 'em. https://t.co/8RxaCpfakK #movies #screenwriting