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This is the real treasure chest of Hannibal´s page for screenwriters. This is where all matters, great and small, are handled. Click your way through the maze of this advanced, yet simple, course in writing for the big and small screen.
- WRITER´S BLOCK.
Having trouble getting things written? Do you want to end your dryspell right now? There is a way. But it all depends on what *kind* of writer´s block you´re experiencing...
- CONFLICT.
Everybody´s talking about it. But what is it? Could you simply use any old conflict?
- THE ANTAGONIST.
The bad guy may turn out to be your best friend. Without him, or her, you won´t have a story, so you shouldn´t avoid him. Also, the three-front situation is very helpful...
- CREATING CHARACTERS.
Creating a character is a bitch. So how does creating several characters at once make it easier? You won´t believe how it easy it is.
- CHARACTERISTICS.
Step two in creating characters is knowing which features are nescessary, and which you should focus on.
- CHARACTERISATION.
The final step in creating characters is all about showing the character to the audience. The example and the voice. The Extreme Emergency Aid Kit.
- SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT.
The MacGuffin. You already have it in your story. Now it´s time you learned what it is, and how best to use it. And Hitchcock will get his due.
- THE HOLY FOOL.
Making Sir Anthony Hopkins stupid, and getting his approval for doing it, in one easy lesson.
- ELEMENT X.
Getting the unexpected into your story. A technique not unlike being hit in the back by a snowball.
- OPPOSITES ATTRACT.
The odd couple. A few common combinations you should know about.
The Archive
Here are some documents that you may need, documents that are hard to come by otherwise. Read and learn how the pros do it.
- PROSPECTUS FOR "BEWITCHED".
This document was how the producers first met the idea that would spawn the TV-series, which ran from 1964 to 1972. Written by Sol Saks.
- "STAR TREK: VOYAGER" BIBLE.
Rick Berman, Brannon Braga and Jeri Taylor´s original blueprint for the fourth Star Trek show. It ran between 1995 and 2001.
- "DIAGNOSIS MURDER", WRITERS´ GUIDELINES.
How the executive producers Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin instructed their new staff during the fifth season of the show that was shown from 1992 to 2001.
More columns are coming.
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