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Breaking Screenwriting Rules with 'The Princess Bride': Unfilmables

10.18.12 @ 2:33PM Tags : gointothestory, scottmeyers, screenplay, screenwriting, script

Screenwriting is a topic broached fairly regularly, and often authorities on the subject talk about the rules that govern scripts. An aspect of screenwriting discussed less often that seems to govern all other rules, however, is the Secret Rule, which is: “Feel free to break any of the aforementioned Rules if necessary.” Scott Myers at Go Into the Story recently posted about doing just that with screenwriting, and why The Princess Bride should never have worked as a film. More »