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Screenplay: Designing Powerful Allies

STENCIL.ONEScreenwriting: Create Compelling AlliesIn this tutorial we're going to learn how to create compelling and conflicting allies for your protagonist to team up with. We'll look at many...

Designing Powerful Antagonists

STENCIL.ONEScreenwriting: Creating AntagonistsIn this tutorial we're going to learn how to create powerful antagonists for your protagonist to battle against. We'll look at a wide variety of film...

Understanding The First Plot Point

STENCIL.ONEScreenwriting: Science of The First Plot PointIn this tutorial we're going to look deeper at the first plot point by looking at how many different films handle this narrative beat. We'll...

Screenwriting: Old World & New World Collide

STENCIL.ONEWhen The Old World & New World CollideIn this tutorial we're going to look at the part within your screenplay near the end of act one where your old world and new worlds collide and...

Screenwriting: Story Crisis & Dilemma

STENCIL.ONEScreenwriting: The Crisis & DilemmaIn this tutorial we're going to study what goes into making a compelling character crisis. We'll look at examples from a wide variety of films to...

The Ordinary World & Inciting Incident

STENCIL.ONEScreenwriting: Strong Inciting IncidentsIn this tutorial we'll look at how to create strong incident incidents that propel our stories forward. We'll also learn about the ordinary world,...