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  1. @AttyRush Your own top 5 films this year? (did Tree of Life even figure.....) I loved it!! 10:31 AM Dec 29th, 2011 via web
  2. Check out this site: …dsmythescreenwritingtips.blogspot.com/2011/07/ive-re… 8:45 AM Jul 14th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  3. Oooops! I do want to pass along this FILM CONTEST for the London Olympics.... chk out this LINK greatbritons.ba.com & have FUN! 8:18 AM Jul 14th, 2011 via web
  4. Okay, that's it for the summer from www.Wordsmythe.ca. Twitter us again in the fall for more ScriptTips!! 5:14 PM Jul 11th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  5. The aim is to craft a story within the three acts that makes the structure disappear. The good guys gonna win-but the story hides it for us! 9:57 AM Jul 10th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  6. Any other order means the movies feels like it ends before it ENDS. It leaves your audience cranky and unsatisfied. www.Wordsmythe.ca 9:57 AM Jul 7th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  7. You leave the biggest (life & death) issue to last... THAT one ends the movie, IS THE CLIMAX tells us all will be well or NOT for our hero. 9:57 AM Jul 5th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  8. Just as in the 2nd act you brought in complications of an ESCALATING scale - now you RESOLVE them all-smallest thru to BIGGEST. Wordsmythe 9:57 AM Jul 3rd, 2011 via SocialOomph
  9. The 1st Act is the SET UP; the 2nd Act is COMPLICATIONS - the 3rd Act is RESOLUTION. All of the issues raised in the 2nd Act must go away! 9:57 AM Jul 1st, 2011 via SocialOomph
  10. Why else watch stories of triumph over adversity, redemption, or true love won against all odds - but to encourage ourselves to RISK too! 9:57 AM Jun 30th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  11. IF our heroine can win out over unthinkable odds in her life - maybe we can too. We leave the theatre with HOPE-and that is no small thing! 9:57 AM Jun 28th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  12. There is in us, the audience, a burning desire to see our heroine succeed -but not TOO EASILY. We want to see her earn it - just like we do! 9:57 AM Jun 26th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  13. It progresses in steps, like a stairway ....to HELL maybe. The hero is challenged more strenuously with each step she takes! Wordsmythe.ca 9:57 AM Jun 24th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  14. Act 2 begins a progression of situations where the hero/ine is challenged by the villain to RISK something to move towards her goal! 9:57 AM Jun 22nd, 2011 via SocialOomph
  15. ACT TWO is all about conflict. The heroine/hero is conflicted about their desire for what they want... and yet they WANT IT! 9:57 AM Jun 20th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  16. In the 1st act you SHOW us what's at stake AND then illustrate in Act 2 & 3 how far both hero & villain will go to succeed! Wordsmythe.ca 9:57 AM Jun 18th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  17. The antagonist (or villain) is almost as important as your hero or heroine. The stronger the villain-the more valiant the effort to succeed! 9:57 AM Jun 16th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  18. SET UP the antagonist - or villain. WHY do they thwart the hero/ine's efforts. HOW do they thwart them, time & time again? Wordsmythe.ca 9:57 AM Jun 14th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  19. SET UP the hero/ine's DESIRE...What is it they want more than anything else in their world? TELL us - SHOW US and how much it matters too! 9:57 AM Jun 12th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  20. The 1st act is all about the SET UP. Set up the WORLD, where is it - what is it - how does the Hero/ine figure in it? www.Wordsmythe.ca 9:57 AM Jun 10th, 2011 via SocialOomph
  • Name Jana Williams
  • Location Vancouver
  • Web http://www.wordsm...
  • Bio I'm a screenwriter who loves teaching, talking to and coaching NEW & established screenwriters around the world at www.Wordsmythe.ca Don't wait to write!
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