Category: Screenwriting

Head hopping or head jumping is the act of switching point of view (POV) between two or more characters in a single scene. A scene is a piece of writing that takes place in one time and one place. Sometimes, writers are tempted to switch…

What is a narrative essay? Narrative essays tell a story. Sometimes it’s a personal experience, and sometimes it can be something you’ve read or seen. The main point of a narrative essay is to tell a story that has a beginning, middle, and end. Telling…

An antagonist is a character in a story that deliberately tries to prevent the protagonist from achieving his or her goal. Trying to achieve goals and being prevented from achieving them is the basis of almost all stories. If you think about it, the only…

The hero’s journey is a classic narrative structure that has been used for millennia in literature and storytelling. It is the journey an individual takes from the ordinary world to one of adventure and significance. This journey can be literal or metaphorical, with the hero…

Plot twists are one of the most exciting parts of storytelling. They can come out of nowhere or be set up for the entire length of the story. The anticipation for the twist builds up until it’s finally revealed and shocks everyone into a state…

Denotation means to describe the implied meaning of a word. For example, saying, “the cat is on the mat” can be understood as implying that the cat is in some way attached to the mat, and that it is not simply sitting on top of…

The third person point-of-view is a form of storytelling in which a narrator relates all action in third person. The third person narrator is one of the most common forms of narration and is often used to tell stories involving multiple character The main advantages…

Screenwriters use keyboard shortcuts for a myriad of reasons. First of all, they’re faster than using the mouse. Even if you’re an experienced user of your word processing program, you know that there are tasks that can be done more quickly with a keyboard shortcut…

In a play or a film, an aside is a short speech delivered by a character to the audience. The speaker is typically not heard by any of the other characters in the scene, and this gives the actor or actress the chance to address…

Litotes is a figure of speech and a form of verbal irony. It is a statement that employs understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. In the field of rhetoric, litotes is considered as…