How to generate great scenes year-round.
But you don't have to wait until you're working on a project to develop great scenes. In fact, you shouldn't.
Scene Work
The two ingredients to tension in your screenwriting.
Nothing keeps us engaged in a story more than tension. It's one of the most effective tools we have to keep the audience watching.
Five Questions For Every Scene
Screenwriting is scene work. Scenes and sequences are at the heart of what we do. But how do we write great scenes, and how do we REwrite them?
The Late Night Talk Show Test
The idea behind it is that every scene should be interesting in its own right. There are no throw-away scenes. A scene should not be there just to get to the next one. Is there tension? Is there drama? Are there laughs? Stakes? Is there a dramatic question that we’re invested in?