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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,...

Desire: Understanding Character Want & Need

STENCIL.ONEScreenwriting: Character Want & NeedIn this tutorial we'll look at the differences between character want and need and we'll look at how to design characters with wants and needs that...

Designing Powerful Character Arcs

STENCIL.ONECreating Powerful Character ArcsIn this tutorial we're going to learn about the different types of character arcs and we'll learn how to create strong arcs for each character arc type....

Finding Your Character’s Misbelief or Lie

STENCIL.ONEScreenwriting: Find Your Character's MisbeliefIn this tutorial we'll dive deeper into exploring your character's misbelief (or lie). This misbelief was likely formed in their childhood...

Prewriting: 115 Questions To Map Out Your Story

STENCIL.ONEScreenwriting: 115 Prewriting QuestionsIn this tutorial we're going to look at at the "key steps" worksheet which was designed as a pre-writing tool to help you avoid writers block while...