Story and storytelling -- The story -- The telling of the story -- Building stories -- The creation of drama -- Foundations -- Carpentry and craftsmanship -- Time and storytelling -- Basic dramatic structure -- What is drama? -- The three acts -- Sequences -- Crucial moments -- Subplots -- The classical screenplay structure -- Beyond classical dramatic structure -- The single unbreakable rule of drama -- Anything but classical screenplay structure -- The limits of classical, the beginnings of revolutionary -- How to shake up classical structure--and why -- Writing and work strategies -- Before the first draft -- The first draft -- After the first draft.
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