Deep dives into modern screenwriting, visual storytelling, and how AI is reshaping the creative process.
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Arc is strong for structure as layout. If you want structure as a thinking partner, character tracking, one object for outline and script, or story-level feedback, here's where it stops short.
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The safest approach: own copies in standard formats (PDF, .fdx) and keep them in more than one place. Here's how to do it.
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You're cutting, pasting, restructuring, and the app keeps 'fixing' what you didn't ask it to fix. Here's why it happens and how to reduce the rewrite tax.
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You're on a plane or in a café with bad WiFi. The wrong choice means you can't open your script. Here's how to pick, and how to get the best of both.
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You wrote the draft in a word processor. When you send it, it has to look like a script. Here's when and how to make the switch.
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Two people in a room is never just questions and answers. How to design interrogation scenes as shifting battles for control of the narrative, not confession dispensers.
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Slurring and hiccups aren’t craft. How to write intoxicated characters whose dialogue feels observed, not parodied, and still moves story and subtext forward.
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Three people, no safe move. How to design Mexican standoffs as pressure cookers of desire, leverage, and moral cost instead of three guys yelling in a triangle.
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