The Screenwriting Series · Free Companion
How to Write Your First Good Screenplay
A complete roadmap of all eleven chapters, one page each. Free.
This roadmap gives you the shape of the whole method before you pick where to start. Each chapter exists as a short guide and a deep dive on its own, with worked examples drawn from real produced films.
- 01. Where Screenplay Ideas Come From
- 02. Building the World and the People Inside It
- 03. The Structure of a Screenplay
- 04. Working in Beats and Sequences With Cards
- 05. Formatting a Screenplay
- 06. Writing Dialogue That Sounds Real
- 07. From Outline to Screenplay
- 08. Genre Differences
- 09. What Should and Shouldn’t Be in a Screenplay
- 10. Reading a Screenplay and Giving Feedback
- 11. Moving From One Draft to the Next
Presented by Paul Decu · Screenwriter and Director
