“Unlocking Narrative Secrets: How Top Screenwriters Craft Captivating Outlines That Keep Audiences Guessing”
- Thoughts
- Visuals
- Scenes
- Sequences
- Twists
- Turns
- Plot points
- Character arcs
- Story arcs
These are the components that form the narrative structure of the screenplay.
Outlining allows you to draft your script in broad strokes without being locked into specific details until the actual writing process begins.
How to Create an Outline
Now, if you’ve done your homework and research, you’ve likely heard pundits and veteran screenwriters talk about using index cards to manage, maneuver, and organize scenes before the script is written. All of that is great, but the practice of outlining mirrors that time-tested method of using index cards.
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