Following on from our blog writing a scene in three acts, today we’re discussing writing a scene in one and half acts. Shorter, sharper and more to the point, this structure is the most common found in scenes. As we described in our previous blog, the scenes reserved for the three act structure are usually the big […]
In this blog post we are going to take a look at how scenes are constructed using beats. The big important scenes in your screenplay are the ones that can be broken down into beats that closely follow the same three act structure as the overall screenplay. As we know, strong scenes are composed of a protagonist […]
Okay, so you’ve completed a first draft of your screenplay. Now the fun begins editing and honing your scenes so we arrive as late as possible and get out as early as possible. Imagine a scene in which a man arrives home and learns his wife is pregnant. It’s something they’ve both wanted for a long time and he’s […]