The Toolbox: Table of Contents

Welcome! Below you'll find writing tools and techniques drawn from my teaching and creative practice. Start wherever interests you most - each lesson is designed to stand alone while building toward a complete writer's toolkit.

Introduction

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The Core Lessons

The essential screenwriting lessons I teach my students.

• Lesson 1: Screenplay Formatting
  • What is a script?
  • Scene Headings (slug lines)
    • Dream Sequences
    • Flashbacks
    • Vehicles
    • French Scenes (Secondary Slugines)
    • Inserts
    • Computer Screens
  • Narrative Descriptions
  • Dialogue
  • Cover Page
  • The End
  • Transitions and other elements
• Lesson 2: Screenwriting Descriptions
• Lesson 3: WOARO
• Lesson 4: Want, Obstacles, Outcomes
• Lesson 5: Actions and Responses
• Lesson 6: Scene Dynamics
• Lesson 7: Inner Wants
• Lesson 8: Inner Obstacles
• Lesson 9: Theme and Symbols
• Lesson 10: Character and World-building
• Lesson 11: Rewriting
• Lesson 12: Outlining

My Toolbox

My practical writing strategies and techniques

• Try/Fail Cycles
• Eliminate Sticky Words
• One Idea At a Time