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Designing story: a script consulting experience, part I

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-07-12T12:32:00-04:00July 12th, 2011|3-act story structure, developing characters, dramatic structure, play structure, playwriting, screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting, story development, writing process|

A couple of weeks ago I invited a script client [...]

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Is 3-act story structure passe…?

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-06-29T14:59:00-04:00June 29th, 2011|3-act story structure, developing characters, dramatic structure, playwriting, screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting, story development|

There’s been a lot written online lately about the [...]

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Dealing only with closed chapters

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-06-21T16:18:00-04:00June 21st, 2011|developing characters, play ideas, playwright, playwriting, screenplay, screenwriter, screenwriting, script consulting, story development, testing story ideas, the writing process|

My last post (“The risk of self exposure”) made [...]

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The risk of self-exposure

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-06-17T11:17:00-04:00June 17th, 2011|developing characters, playwright, playwriting, screenwriter, screenwriting, script consultant, script consulting, scriptwriting, story development, testing story ideas, the writing process|

Here’s another basic principle of the craft that writers [...]

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The myth of recognition

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-06-14T11:41:00-04:00June 14th, 2011|character models, developing characters, playwriting, screenplay, screenwriting, script consultant, script consulting, scriptwriting, story development, testing story ideas, writing process|

One consistent issue beginning writers have with modeling characters [...]

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The negative and positive premise

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-05-10T16:04:00-04:00May 10th, 2011|buzz mclaughlin, dramatic premise, dramatic structure, play structure, playwright, playwriting, screenplay, screenplay structure, screenwriter, screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting, theme|

If you've been following this series of posts on [...]

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Scriptwriting retreat in New Hampshire…?

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-05-06T12:13:00-04:00May 6th, 2011|buzz mclaughlin, New Hampshire, playwright/screenwriter retreat, playwriting, screenplay, screenwriting, script consulting|

I wanted to put a bug in your ear [...]

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More thoughts on premise…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-05-04T11:56:00-04:00May 4th, 2011|buzz mclaughlin, dramatic structure, dramaturgy, play, play structure, playwright, playwriting, screenplay, screenplay structure, screenwriter, screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting|

In all my years working with playwrights and screenwriters, [...]

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It’s all in the story

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-04-26T12:21:00-04:00April 26th, 2011|buzz mclaughlin, dramatic structure, dramaturgy, play, play structure, playwright, playwriting, screenplay, screenplay structure, screenwriter, screenwriting, script consulting, writers|

Recently there’s been a lively discussion on my production company’s [...]

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One-day Scriptwriting Workshop

By Buzz McLaughlin|2011-04-25T10:59:00-04:00April 25th, 2011|buzz mclaughlin, dramatic structure, dramaturgy, play, play structure, playwright, playwriting, screenplay, screenplay structure, screenwriter, screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting, writers|

I’m offering a special workshop on Saturday, May 21 in [...]

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