This beginner’s guide for screenwriters explains how to explore a story’s past, create tension with foreknowledge, and avoid common prequel mistakes.

What is the four-part Kishōtenketsu structure used in anime and manga. This beginner screenwriting guide includes free template and real examples.

Learn how to write a compelling documentary treatment that communicates your vision to producers and funders. Template + example.

From Shakespeare’s stage to modern screenplays: what a soliloquy is, famous Hamlet and Macbeth examples, and how to write one that doesn’t feel theatrical.

Learn comic script format step by step: page and panel headings, dialogue, captions, sound effects, plus a full example and a free template.

100 character flaws sorted by type, with real examples, a free downloadable list, and tips for turning any flaw into a believable story conflict.