OPINION: Why Every Screenplay Needs Urgency

Reason to Keep Reading One common complaint about screenplays by newer writers is that they don’t propel the audience through the story. They don’t give a reader a reason to keep reading or a viewer a reason to keep watching. It’s often because the writer hasn’t considered the urgency of the story they’re telling. By now, audiences are familiar with bombs that count down to doomsday, or gruff superiors who give their underlings 24 hours to solve a crisis. While these

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