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Screenplay 101: THE VERDICT

Inciting Incident 101 – We all know the term – it’s that certain plot point that occurs early on in the story which changes the trajectory for the main character. In other words, it’s what gets the story going.

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Scripts, WGA101 Kevin Scripts, WGA101 Kevin

SCREENPLAY 101: PSYCHO

We've all read screenplays that function as little more than instruction manuals for directors and actors. Those are the ones we tend to put down after the first few pages. PSYCHO is the diametric opposite of that: A script that not only truly works as literature, but pierces its way into the reader's brain on a purely visceral level. Some scripts you read and appreciate; PSYCHO is just a good read.

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Scripts, WGA101 Kevin Scripts, WGA101 Kevin

Screenplay 101: DO THE RIGHT THING

DO THE RIGHT THING wasn't Spike Lee's first movie - it was preceded by the almost-as-excellent SCHOOL DAZE and SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT, as well as some student work - but it's Spike's only appearance on the WGA 101 list, and an incisive, entertaining slice of racial tensions in immediately-post-Reagan America.

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