

Common Character Arcs Part One: The Different Types of Positive Arcs
This summer I'm teaching a workshop on common character arcs, and as I prepare for it, I'm wondering if I have anything new to add to the...

Carrie Nelson
Jun 3, 20217 min read
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Screenwriting Terms and Definitions: The Thing Your Character Needs
While a story's plot may be shaped by the thing your character wants, it's meaning comes from the thing your character needs. It's less...

Carrie Nelson
May 31, 20211 min read
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The Lie My Character Believes: A Personal Essay
Using the screenwriting principle of "the lie your character believes" to try and better understand my life.

Carrie Nelson
May 8, 20213 min read
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Screenwriting Terms and Definitions: The Thing Your Character Wants
Another common screenwriting term that's used by many professional storytellers is the main character's want. The want is also called the...

Carrie Nelson
Apr 24, 20212 min read
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Show Don't Tell and What Fleabag Can Teach Us about Doing Both Well
How to show and tell in screenwriting by looking at Fleabag as an example.

Carrie Nelson
Apr 11, 20214 min read
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Screenwriting Terms and Definitions: Character's Inner Journey
A character's inner journey is the character's arc. It's how they grow, change, transform (or fail to) over the course of the story. It's...

Carrie Nelson
Apr 2, 20211 min read
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Common Screenwriting Mistakes Part 1: Scene Headings
How to avoid the most common mistakes screenwriters make with scene headings.

Carrie Nelson
Mar 17, 20213 min read
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Screenwriting Terms and Definitions: Character's Outer Journey
The best piece of writing advice you'll ever get is that every aspect of the story should be interrelated. This is why I want to talk...

Carrie Nelson
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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Screenwriting Terms and Definitions: Inciting Incident
As I've been teaching myself screenwriting, I'm often surprised by how few books on the subject matter lack glossaries in the back. Blake...

Carrie Nelson
Mar 3, 20215 min read
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Male Characters I Admire: Steve Rogers/ Captain America
What Captain America can teach us about positive masculinity and feminism.

Carrie Nelson
Feb 28, 20214 min read
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