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Penelope Poole

Scene development in screenplays

If you’re a beginning screenwriter, everything feels a bit foreign. Especially at first. But a scene is a scene, right? Put them together and you have a script. Well… Maybe not.

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Penelope Poole

I’m writing a movie script

Maybe rethink your trope alarm clock or funeral opening. Those types of humdrum beginnings will invariably raise scornful eyebrows in seasoned readers.

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Penelope Poole

So you want to be a screenwriter…

You’ve got a great idea for a movie you’d love to see on the big screen. You even know the actors who would play the lead roles. You’ve always enjoyed writing and figure you might as well make a living doing something you love. Aye, there’s the rub.

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