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Guides for the writing you're doing this week

Each guide starts from something writers run into, and walks through what to do about it in StoryFlow, step by step.

Meehna Goldsmith and DW FerrellEach guide checked against the studio before it goes out

Start here · 7 stepsBring in the script you already have

You have a draft you've lived with for months, maybe years, and you want a fresh read on it.

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Four paths

Pick the one that sounds like you.

1Your first scriptBring in what you have, find its turns, and talk it through.4 guides 2Writing with a partnerShare the pages, talk to each other, and know who changed what.1 guide 3From draft to productionSave drafts, rewrite safely, send revisions in color, lock scenes.1 guide 4For producers and executivesOne link to the script, a copy for each reader, notes the writer can use.1 guide

Writing with a partner · 1 guide

Writing with a partnerBring your writing partner onto the same pagesYou and your partner pass one file back and forth. Every round, someone's changes land on top of the other's. You want to write in the same pages and see each other there.DW Ferrell · 6 steps · about 2 minutes

The big picture · An article

The ancient art: Storytelling

The oldest maps of story and the newest research put story turns in the same structural positions. The guides show you how to find them in your own pages; the article shows why they are there.

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