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What Writers Can Learn From The Short Film That Launched a $1 Billion Franchise Selling, Not Selling Out ‘Write me a low-budget screenplay that launches a $1 billion dollar franchise.’  A producer said this in a room full of writers I was in, back at the very beginning of my career. To say it landed with me BIG TIME is an understatement. It made me realise that story is… Read More » What Writers Can Learn From The Short Film That Launched a $1 Billion Franchise The post What Writers Can Learn From The Short Film That Launched a $1 Billion Franchise appeared first on Bang2write. https://bang2write.com/2026/05/what-writers-can-learn-from-the-short-film-that-launched-a-1-billion-franchise.html #advice #audience #boxoffice #budgets #casestudy

How 600 Seconds Can Kill Your Script DEAD 600 Seconds To Victory? NEWSFLASH: 600 seconds can mean the difference between a full read of your spec screenplay … or not. Why 600 seconds? Well, the received wisdom is that a page of script is equal to one minute of screen time*. If a minute is 60 seconds, then your first ten pages =… Read More » How 600 Seconds Can Kill Your Script DEAD The post How 600 Seconds Can Kill Your Script DEAD appeared first on Bang2write. https://bang2write.com/2026/05/how-600-seconds-can-kill-your-script-dead.html #advice #audience #casestudy #characterrolefunctions #characterisation

5 Reasons Why You Should Build Fear Into Your Story’s Turning Points Why You Should Build Fear into Your Turning Points When it comes to storytelling, fear is more than a feeling; it’s an underlying force that runs through multiple story elements. Influencing plot, character arc and development, conflict, and theme, fear draws readers in and makes the story feel human and authentic. This emotion is at… Read More » 5 Reasons Why You Should Build Fear Into Your Story’s Turning Points The post 5 Reasons Why You Should Build Fear Into Your Story’s Turning Points appeared first on Bang2write. https://bang2write.com/2026/04/5-reasons-why-you-should-build-fear-into-your-storys-turning-points.html #advice #audience #books #casestudy #characterrolefunctions

Self-Editing Your Draft: From “WTAF?” to “Hell Yes, I Wrote That!” All About Self-Editing Your Draft Whether you’re writing a novel or a screenplay, self-editing is key. Yet many writers don’t realise self-editing is even a thing! They may get in contact with a script editor like me to tell them what to do. Yet as I always say on this blog and the B2W social… Read More » Self-Editing Your Draft: From “WTAF?” to “Hell Yes, I Wrote That!” The post Self-Editing Your Draft: From “WTAF?” to “Hell Yes, I Wrote That!” appeared first on Bang2write. https://bang2write.com/2026/03/self-editing-your-draft-from-wtaf-to-hell-yes-i-wrote-that.html #advice #audience #casestudy #characterrolefunctions #characterisation

Top 10 Women in Male-Dominated Character Archetypes All About Male-Dominated Archetypes This list includes Women in fictional media whose personalities and characters are usually reserved for male-dominated roles. In recent years, writers have become more and more interested in writing female characters. However, female leads are sometimes boxed into tropes that are stereotypically ‘girly’. Yet these male-dominated archetypes do not have to… Read More » Top 10 Women in Male-Dominated Character Archetypes The post Top 10 Women in Male-Dominated Character Archetypes appeared first on Bang2write. https://bang2write.com/2026/03/top-10-women-in-male-dominated-character-archetypes.html #audience #books #casestudy #casting #characterrolefunctions

Top 10 Badass Animated Female Leads You Should Know Animated Female Leads Female leads have grown increasingly popular in animation over the past decade. While researching my book The Art of Writing Animation, I came across a few of these incredible ladies… and even met some of their creators! Out of the many animated films and TV series I watched, here are my top… Read More » Top 10 Badass Animated Female Leads You Should Know The post Top 10 Badass Animated Female Leads You Should Know appeared first on Bang2write. https://bang2write.com/2026/02/top-10-badass-animated-female-leads-you-should-know.html #animation #audience #blogging #books #casestudy