These 10 commandments can guide you and help to write the best screenplay possible
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If your readers have lost the plot, then you have lost the plot
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Accept the fact that writing means rewriting
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Stretching reality is OK. Stretching credibility is not
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If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is the first act
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Real drama is life with the boring parts removed. Cut the fat and keep the beef
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Conflict, obstacles, jealousy and jeopardy are essential ingredients of any script
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Structure, structure, structure. Screenplays can be unruly beasts
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Get it right. Grammar is key
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Feedback, feedback, feedback. It’s essential
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try try again