I'm sure as writers we all feel the pressure of The Big Scenes—and we know when we're coming to them. Usually, they approach like a landmark in the writing process, if you visualize writing a script like traveling the Oregon Trail. You have to reach them and make sure they count.

These scenes are usually huge, pivotal character moments or the big confrontations. Sometimes they are…

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Writing a great opening to your screenplay is important, but once you're through that scene, you have so many more pages to get through.

For me, I like to break the story down into ten-page chunks. And the first ten pages of your screenplay are the absolute most important .

They set the stage, introduce your characters, and determine whether your reader gets hooked or puts your script down.…

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As writers, people are always rushing terms our way that we're supposed to know. I decided that I had enough random definitions floating around, so I wanted to create a glossary that had all the dramatic principles I think storytellers need to know in order to be successful.

These are all the words I have accumulated over my career, and that I come back to when trying to craft a spec…

Writing dialogue is one of the most difficult aspects of screenwriting. When it's good, it's almost invisible, but when it's bad... it's impossible to ignore. So, what are some of the factors screenwriters can focus on to take their dialogue to the next level?

Glenn Gers has spent 25 years writing for film and television, with credits including _Fracture_ and _Mad Money_ , as well as work on…

Scene analysis is an invaluable exercise no matter what role you play on a project—you can learn about performance, directing, cinematography, sound, and more, just by diving deep into how a team approaches important story moments.

If it's _Star Wars_ and writing, all the better for someone like me, who's a fan of both. Readers probably don't need me to proselytize again about how good Tony…