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Genre will give you—the screenwriter—a foundation upon which to tell a story to your audience. The motivation and emotion of your characters will pull that audience into your story, and the structure and dialogue will propel them through to its conclusion. Combined, these intermediate practices will help you write strong and unique screenplays.
Now that you have an understanding of these concepts, explore how Jo Weiss’ short story “The Pool” was adapted into a half-hour television episode as part of a larger project.
“The Pool” Scenario A
The producers contact you for another assignment. Netflix has picked up the show as a six-episode experiment and they have made four creative ...
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