Twilight Spoiler Alert
First of all, let’s just acknowledge that Twilight blew everyone out of the water at the box office last weekend. Though I didn’t read the book, I found the relationship between Bella and Edward was exciting and fresh. If you’ve been living under a rock, the movie is about a young girl who falls in love with a vampire. The book puts to rest some of the classical vampire notches that make up the mythology. A few examples include the absence of fangs, the ability to endure the …

If there’s one thing that won’t change, it’s that everything is always changing. Everything from the future, the environment, the weather, and especially we the people will constantly change from year to year, day to day, and even as we speak! Whether it’s for the better or worse, it’s always happening.
This constant is the foundation for what’s called the Character Arc.
A character arc is the measure of how much a character changes over the course of a story. Character arcs exist in every form of storytelling, including screenplays, TV pilots, …

If you’ve been on SXR, you’ve probably noticed a few minor changes throughout the site; for one, you’ll find three new links. Unlike normal links throughout the site, these are green links. Scroll down to the bottom of this post and check ‘em out! You’ll find “Send this page to my email,” “Email me a PDF of this page,” and “Download a PDF of this page.”
With these links, SXR is proud to announce that we’ve become eco-friendly! And it’s all thanks to Eco-Safe, an organization helping websites go green by …

As earlier announced, ScriptXRay is growing! And it’s all starting with a new portion of the site called “101″

The new chapter of ScriptXRay is dedicated to tackling an aspect of screenwriting taken for granted more often than not — the basics. While it’s exciting to talk about cross media screenwriting and the new possibilities available, sometimes you have to learn to walk before you can run … and in the case of filmmaking, where millions of dollars are spent on every scene, it’s mandatory.
101 will explore ten of the most basic …

Thanks for launching the 101!
I thought it would be appropriate to introduce the 101 with what I call the Rule of Page One due to how definitive it’s proven to be. As a reader in Los Angeles, I read a lot of screenplays; and one thing I’ve noticed is that this rule seems to be the only one that’s still standing (aside from formatting rules).
The Rule of Page One:
Look at page one of any screenplay. You’ll probably notice a lot of things, but one thing you won’t notice is the …

“How do you format a screenplay?”

This is possibly one of the most asked questions I hear from screenwriters; unfortunately, it’s usually after they’ve submitted their 138 page screenplay.
In order to avoid the misfortune of spending weeks, months, and even years writing a screenplay destined to crash and burn just off the side of the road to El Dorado, consider learning the demands of the screenplay medium. As a reader in Hollywood, it’s my job to see to it that those particular screenplays never make it within sight of my boss. …

ScriptXRay.com is growing.
November is an exciting month for ScriptXRay.com! You might notice in the coming weeks that ScriptXRay is expanding with new tools, features, resources, and articles all about screenwriting. These new updates are bound to come sporadically due to my mad schedule, so subscribe to the site via email or your choice of RSS reader by visiting the ScriptXRay RSS Subscribe Center.
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Happy NaNoWriMo!
While screenwriters don’t exactly celebrate November …

Instead of merely treating theme as the message of the story by adding these bookend scenes to your screenplay, consider treating theme like a well from which everything else spawns.