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1. What Parallel Narrative is
   
2. What the film is about: Message and Scenario
   
3. Lantana, Tandem Narrative and the Detective story element in Parallel Narrative
   
4. Spoofs for Idle Moments
   
5. Maybe the best screenwriting software is a pencil
   
6. Dialogue: General Tips from me
   
7. Nine Act Structure
   
8. Devising Ideas for feature films or short films
   
9. Time Management
   
10. Perennial Scene Writing Problems
    
11. Ongoing Training
    
12. Which brick wall am I hitting?
    
13. What to do when you get stuck structuring a story (three act)
    
14. How to write the individual scene (finding the scene’s dramatic core, its subtext etc)
    
15. Writing away from a plot twist
    
16. Fight Club
    
17. Weak Multiple Protagonist movie – Space Cowboys
    
18. Fairy Tales in Film
    
19. Flashbacks in Faithless and Mentor Angatonist in Harry, He’s Here to Help
    
20. Multiple Protagonist films and You Can Count on Me
    
21. Play it Forward – A Flawed Parallel Narrative
    
22. The Writing Process: Beware Fluency
    
23. Why Not Put Off Till Tomorrow the Novel You Could Begin Today? By ANN PATCHETT (New York Times
    Nice quote on how to write from WILLIAM COWPER

Writing Tips for secondary Students

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