Screenwriting Tricks for Authors (and Screenwriters!)
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Use the storytelling tricks of your favorite movies to write books and scripts that sell!
The Screenwriting Tricks for Authors online class and workbooks have helped writers of all levels, all over the world —
Write better books and scripts - and sell them!
Find agents and get publishing deals
Launch six-figure indie careers
Your favorite books and movies are your best writing teachers. And watching movies, looking for the simple structure pattern that is the basis of ALL movies—and most successful books— is the fastest, easiest way to learn how to do it (and the most fun!).
Find out how!
Get free course materials and full movie breakdowns here: https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com
Get the workbooks:
Stealing Hollywood: https://amzn.to/2zWm76k
Writing Love https://amzn.to/2zfil7N
Learn more about the online class:
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I’m not ever going to try to talk anyone out of being a pantser! Your process is your process. To me, that’s not just personal, it’s sacred. But your muse will not drop dead if you learn something about plotting. Even a die hard pantser will find incredible shortcuts and writing boosters in story structure. And to those of you already hyperventilating at the word “structure,” let me assure you—you already KNOW this. I swear. You just need someone to break it down for you with examples that will mean something to you, and teach you the words that go with the concepts.
That’s why I teach structure by analyzing popular movies and using lots of examples that you’ve already seen. Plus, watching movies—even just parts of movies— is something you can do almost every day. You can do it when you’re depressed, you can do it while you’re cleaning, you can do it when you’re caring for an ill loved one, you can do it if you’ve got the kids all day (Disney/Pixar movies are some of the best teaching movies!), you can do it even when you have no desire to do anything at all.
If you commit some hours NOW to learning how to analyze film story structure, then you truly can practice story and grow as a writer every single time the TV is on, which for many of us is every day, too many hours a day.
Let’s get started!
These videos are excerpts from the online class.
All material © Alexandra Sokoloff