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If 2020 were a TV script, how would it end??

We all can agree 2020 has been an unprecedented year around the globe. The Covid-19 Pandemic spread chaos and the unknown into full throttle across the planet and it certainly has opened floodgates for new story ideas. 2020 reads like a TV script. So we asked screenwriters how it should end.  Source: (The Washington Post) October 27, 2020; 3:00am Maura Judkis of The Washington Post writes: If 2020 were a TV show, the first draft would be terrible. The premise is promising — what happens when political dysfunction meets a deadly virus? — but the execution needs work. Think about how messy it all has been: competing plotlines, too-abrupt soap opera twists, one-dimensional villains, stories introduced and then just as quickly dropped. Like it or not, we’re barreling toward the finale, and no one knows what’s going to happen in the last episode. Will there be a satisfying ending? Or one of those unsettling, ambiguous ones that gnaws at you long after you’ve finished the show...

10 Writing Tips Learned from the 2020 Oscars Screenplays

Last night two screenwriters won the biggest awards for writing in Hollywood — Taika Waititi nabbed Best Adapted Screenplay for  Jojo Rabbit , Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won won Best Original Screenplay for  Parasite . 10 Takeaways from the 2020 OSCAR Screenplays Source: ( thescriptlab.com ) To better understand the art of award-winning screenwriters' work, this article explains about the writing, the influences on filmmaking, the character descriptions, theme, originality, voice over, page count, actors, journeys and endings. And you will even have access to download the screenplays and take a read through yourself! February 10, 2020 Bretton Perelman writes:  From a new adaptation of a beloved novel to a fresh take on the mystery genre, to a deep-dive into love and marriage, to a reimagining of a classic villain, to an innovative commentary on wealth and class, the 10 screenplays nominated in the Best Adapted and Best Original Screenplay categories ran the gamut...