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Good Screenplays Start with Great Endings (from John August & Craig Mazin)

07.9.12 @ 8:30PM Tags : beginnings, craigmazin, endings, johnaugust, screenplay, screenwriting, script, scriptnotes

As screenwriters, we need to tell good stories, and to tell good stories, we need to great endings. Duh. What fascinates me about this axiom, though, is how much time screenwriters, myself included, worry about the opening of a script to hook a reader and how little time we may spend crafting a great ending to satisfy the reader. Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin tackle this very subject on their latest episode of Scriptnotes and how writers should handle the endings of their screenplays. More »