OPINION: Why Screenwriters Should Use A Point of No Return

What is a Point of No Return? The “point of no return” is essentially when the plot leaves the character with no choice but to go forwards. Perhaps the easiest way to imagine a point of no return is as an island from which a character can’t escape. The setting of the new TOMB RAIDER film, with a screenplay by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons, is one example. Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) hires a ship to sail her to a mysterious

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