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The difference between a sequence and a scene

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Naomi K
May 02, 2013
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I've been reading a lot of screen-writing manuals (as research for a novel, not because I want to write screenplays). And it's been pretty fascinating. The nice thing about screenplay books is that they're incredibly prescriptive. One of the most popular ones--Save The Cat--says that your second act turning point MUST occur on page 25. Not on page 23, o…

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