22 Ways to Improve Your Screenwriting
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1. Write every day.
2. Read produced screenplays and search for what they did well. Read for a contest and see the difference between the winners and the ones that didn’t make it.
3. Take a screenwriting class. I can easily recommend a few.
4. Get feedback on your writing.
5. Critique another writer’s scripts.
6. Join a screenwriting group.
7. Take your favorite screenplay and transcribe it, noticing the choices the writer made.
8. Select a technique to improve and use it in one or more scenes.
9. Write the same scene a completely different way.
– Reverse a scene or character
– Increase the stakes
– Change who prevails in the scene
– Use a twist to