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The Intermediate Screenwriter — 30 Days

An intermediate month in screenwriting: from idea to a complete short screenplay (5 pages). Structure, character, scenes, dialogue, and theme — with four evaluations toward a script that holds.

30 days ~25 min/day Intermediate 55 SARIncluded in Pro & Artist Plus
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Plan days:

1
Premise & Idea
22 min
2
Hero & Desire
22 min
3
Antagonist & Conflict
22 min
4
Inciting Incident
25 min
5
The Beat Map
25 min
6
Central Theme
22 min
7
Structure Evaluation
28 min
8
The Opening Scene
25 min
9
The Turning Scene
25 min
10
The Midpoint
25 min
11
Stakes Escalation
25 min
12
The Dark Night
25 min
13
The Climax
25 min
14
Scenes Evaluation
28 min
15
Character Voice
25 min
16
Subtext
25 min
17
Spotting On-the-Nose
22 min
18
Action Economy
22 min
19
Pacing & Density
25 min
20
The Subplot
22 min
21
Dialogue Evaluation
28 min
22
First Draft — Act One
30 min
23
First Draft — Act Two
30 min
24
First Draft — Act Three
30 min
25
Read Aloud
20 min
26
Break the Story
20 min
27
Rewrite Dead Scenes
25 min
28
Polish the Dialogue
25 min
29
The Second Draft
30 min
30
The Final Evaluated Screenplay
30 min