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By familiarizing yourself with the underlying structures of the best stories, you can create stronger, more compelling plots in your own work.

Here is a list of the seven basic plots with brief descriptions and examples of each.

Here is an examination of parent/child separation and how it can be a dramatic story theme for script writers.

Screenplay books and articles are littered with terminology and jargon. This article discusses what is meant by "the inciting incident".

A beginners guide to "how to write a screenplay" books and screenwriting literature.

Aristotle managed to deconstruct tragedy into a series of key elements. These tragic elements are extremely useful for play and story writing.

A look at some different methods of creating original story ideas for scriptwriters.