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  • Hollywood Screenwriting - From Concept to Draft

    Hi Done Dealers,

    Just a New Year's reminder to check out my on-demand course. It's a wonderful companion to beginning a new spec:

    HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITING - FROM CONCEPT TO DRAFT - HOW TO WRITE A KILLER SCRIPT

    A little about me: I'm sold/produced screenwriter/director with over 30 feature screenplays and a decade in the WGAw. I also offer script analysis on my website https://actbreakdown.com/.

    I've combined the best advice I've received from agents, managers, and execs - with the most frequent writing traps I've observed in screenplays of all levels - to design the most efficient and effective course for fellow writers.

    The content can be used again and again with each new spec - to write your best first draft from the point of concept.

    I use it myself.

    Included are 53 videos, 8 handouts, 10 assignments, and a 30-day-guarantee.

    $125 for limited lifetime access.

    Here's the link:
    https://actbreakdown.teachable.com/p...-screenwriting.

    Here's the curriculum:

    GET INTO THE ZONE
    The Two Writing Minds - Part 1
    The Two Writing Minds - Part 2
    The Two Writing Minds - Part 3

    KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
    It's Not Who You Think

    THE MOVIE CONCEPT - What makes a Great Movie Idea
    A Great Movie Idea - 2 Things
    Human Themes
    Simple Hook
    Rising Stakes
    Visual
    Producible
    Marketable

    CONSTRUCTING YOUR IDEA
    Mapping From a Logline

    CRACKING YOUR IDEA
    Title
    Genre and Tone
    World and Scale
    Trailer Moments
    Theme

    CONSTRUCTING YOUR HERO
    The Quest for Change
    Likable/Identifiable
    The Desire/Fear Pendulum
    Conflict, Choice, and Action - What Does She Do?
    Want Vs. Need
    Quest - Inner and Outer
    The Symbolic Threshold
    Special Skills
    Quirks and Flaws

    OBSTACLES - Your Hero's Three Mirrors
    Plot, Conflict, and Pushback
    Antagonist and Villain

    STRUCTURE
    Structure - Intro and Overview
    Opening Image
    Setup and World 1
    Inciting Incident
    1st Act Break and World 2
    Midpoint
    Midpoint Forward
    Dark Night of the Soul
    2nd Act Break
    Climax
    Closing Image
    Sub Beats
    Story Rules and Ticking Clocks

    ON THE PAGE - COMMON WRITING TRAPS
    Software, Format, Title Page, and Page Count
    Tips on Technique, Screenwriting Resources, and Your Job as a Writer
    Scene Structure - The 3 Crucial Elements of a Scene
    Your Hero's Introduction - 3 Must-Haves
    Paint With Words - Style, Word Choice, and Imagery
    What to Describe
    White Space
    Dialogue - Too Much, Too Little, Too Obvious

    AS A SCREENWRITER MOVING FORWARD
    Rewriting
    Your Final Assignments

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    Done Dealers, thanks so much for taking a look. If you have any questions, ask away!

    As always, wishing you all the best with your writing!
    https://actbreakdown.com

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    Re: Hollywood Screenwriting - From Concept to Draft

    My course just received an extremely kind endorsement from Eric Bress, Co-writer/director - The Butterfly Effect, Co-writer - Final Destination 2, Kyle XY:

    "This course is absolutely invaluable for newcomers as well as seasoned writers. I wasted my first seven years in Hollywood, too-cool-for-school to learn the basics of screenwriting under the arrogant delusion that my cinematic creativity would magically reinvent the wheel of a tried and true craft. Amanda Gusack's insightful instruction could have focused my creative energy to complete a well structured screenplay that was industry-friendly enough to land me an agent.-

    There's still a 30-day-guarantee, if you'd like to take the course for a test drive: https://actbreakdown.teachable.com/p...-screenwriting

    Thanks, Done Dealers. Hope you're enjoying 2019!
    https://actbreakdown.com

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