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Class 2, Unit 2: Shopping List
Welcome to Class 2! Your Shopping List. Here’s your list of supplies. I’ll be referring to them on occasion, so I’ve made this list so you’ll know what specific items I’m talking about and where to get...
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Class 3, Unit 3: Brainstorming, Part 1
Welcome to Class Number 3! Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 1 I love the term “brainstorming”. It perfectly describes the hurricane between your ears while you’re trying to break a story. Now, here’s what...
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Class 4, Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 2
Welcome to Class Number 4! Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 2 By now you should have a stack of index cards with a ton of great ideas on them. Things like “helicopter boat chase”, “the mailman is the...
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Class 5, Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 3
Welcome to class number 5! Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 3 By now you should be having nightmares about people stabbing you with swords and poisoning you with elixirs or stories being told backwards and...
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Class 6, Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 4
Welcome to class number 6! Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 4 Congratulations for making it this far! It’s all downhill after this step, I promise. In the poem, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, The...
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Class 7, Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 5
Welcome to Class 7: Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 5 CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve made it farther than most professional writers. Seriously. I can’t tell you how many writers I’ve talked to whose faces go...
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Class 8: Brainstorming, Unit 3, Part 6
Welcome to Class 8: Brainstorming: Unit 3, Part 6 I’ll tell two stories so you’ll have some perspective as I give today’s assignment. Story 1: The first time I saw IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, the last few...
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Class 9, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 1
Welcome to Class 9, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 1 This is the unit you’ve been waiting for! We’re going to break down the way movies work from FADE IN: to CUT TO BLACK. I’ll introduce you to “The...
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Class 10, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 2
Welcome to Class 10: Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 2 This unit is all about breaking the story of your screenplay. Reel by reel, sequence by sequence, scene by scene, line by line, word by word. But,...
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Class 11, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 3
Welcome to Class 11: Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 3 If you’ve done the last few classes you’re not going to wait until you’ve finished reading this before you click the link below. Because you know...
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Class 12, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 4
Welcome to Class 12, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 4 I’m writing this one on an iPhone while sitting on an Amtrak train from DC to Baltimore, so bear with me. This week I’m teaching a Master Class at...
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Class 13, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 5
Welcome To Class 13, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 5! Right now your stack of 3×5 cards should be in the following piles… So far, so good. Now, what do we do with #3? How do we tell the “Story of the...
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Class 14, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 6
Welcome to Class 14, Breaking Story: Unit 4, Part 6! Let’s jump right in. In our last class we learned about REELS, SEQUENCES, SCENES and BEATS. This week we’re going to pretend that we’re Andrew...
View ArticleMy Trojan Vision Interview.
Hello Class, Last week some wonderful people over at USC invited me to be interviewed for their “CU@SC” TV show. The host, Haley Spence Brown, asked some great questions and, for once, I wasn’t...
View ArticleHoliday Gift For All !!!
Happy Holidays Class, Here’s a “GIFT” for you. Tis the season to eradicate bad screenwriting! In that spirit, I’ve been Santa Claus-ing it all over town. I’ve been spreading holiday cheer in the form...
View ArticleA Recent Screenwriting Interview
I hope you guys are enjoying your holiday season. Personally I had a fantastic time last weekend as a guest lecturer at U.C. Riverside. It was great seeing so many students who were eager to make their...
View ArticleRob’s Latest Interview With Scripts And Scribes
Click on the link below to hear the latest interview of Rob Edwards with Scripts and Scribes. Scripts and Scribes: Rob Edwards Looking forward to your comments, Enjoy!
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Rob Invites You To His April Master Class and Sunday Coffee Talk
Hey everyone. Sorry that Rob has not been posting. He’s been very busy working on a number of projects. He definitely misses interacting with you and wanted to let you know he has two events coming up!...
View ArticleHappy Memorial Day and Free “Screenwriting 101″ Panel
I hope that you are having a happy Memorial Day weekend and celebrating with family and friends. I know we all appreciate those who have served or are currently serving in our armed forces. I am...
View ArticleStorytelling Secrets Revealed … and a Surprise at 11:30
I was thrilled to be a part of the Central Coast Writers Conference last year for their panel entitled “Crafting of a Masterpiece from Content to Classic”. This video is packed with great tips on...
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