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The 10-Day Screenplay:
How to Write a Screenplay in 10Days

SECOND EDITION

- Expanded andUpdated

By Darrin Donnelly and Travis Donnelly


Aboutthe Authors

Travis Donnelly is an accomplished screenwriter, producer, and director. Known best forhis work on the hit shows Medium and Hawaii Five-O, hes writtenfor NBC and CBS, and has sold original scripts to major production companiesincluding Sony. Hes a graduate of Kansas State University and currently livesin Los Angeles with his wife and son.

Darrin Donnelly is a full-time writer and entrepreneur. He and his products have beenfeatured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, FastCompany Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and newspapers, websites, andradio outlets all over the world. He lives in Kansas City with his wife andthree children.


Table of Contents

Can You Really Write a Screenplayin 10 Days? / Why You Need to Write Screenplays Fast / How to Stop Wasting Timeand Start Writing!

How this Fast-Paced Style Will MakeYou More Creative / How to Eliminate Writers Block Forever / Should YouOutline Your Script? / How, When, and Where to Write like a Pro / How to UseThis Book

The Five Requirements of EveryGreat Screenplay / 10 Blockbuster Movies to Use as Your Guide / How to Come Upwith a Great Idea for Your Movie / How to Test Your Idea with Five SimpleQuestions / The Difference Between a Decent Idea and a Huge Blockbuster / TheFive Most Effective Ways to Connect with Your Audience / The Two Key Questionsthat Will Drive Your Story / How to Create Subplots that Work

The Nine Sequences in Every GreatStory and Why They MUST be in Your Movie / The Blueprint for aSuccessful Movie / Breaking Up Your Movie into Manageable Sequences / How LongShould Each Sequence of Your Movie Last? / The Single Biggest Differencebetween Writers Who Succeed and Writers Who Fail

Why Great Characters are the Key toGreat Movies / How to Create Characters that Audiences Will Love / How to GiveYour Characters a Voice that Stands Out / The Most Important Characters in YourMovie / The 20 Questions You Need to Answer about Your Main Characters

Everything Gets Easier Once You DoThis / How to Write the Most Important Part of Your Screenplay / The FiveSurefire Ways to Grab Your Readers Attention in the First 10 Pages /Establishing Your Genre Early

How to Launch Your Story intoAction / What to Do after the First Major Event in Your Story Occurs /Introducing Your Heros Inner Flaw / Foreshadowing / The Key Difference BetweenCatalyst 1 and Catalyst 2 / The Two Questions that Must Be Answered by the Endof this Section of Your Screenplay

What Your Hero Should Be Doing Now/ Keeping This Section of Your Screenplay Short / How Rocky, Braveheart,Home Alone, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Theres Something About Mary,Bridesmaids, Toy Story, Back to the Future, Die Hard,and Scream Kept This Brief But Important Section of the StoryInteresting

How to Give the Audience Hope /Letting the Hero Change His or Her Initial Goal / Time for a Sigh ofRelief?

How to Avoid the Common Problem ofFizzling Out in the Middle of Your Movie / How to Surprise the Audience with aNew Twist / Raising the Stakes / The Hero Gets a Reality Check / Three SimpleTechniques for Ensuring that Your Script Increases the Excitement in theMiddle of the Movie

How to Write What Is Usually theLongest Section of the Movie / The Important Way This Section of Your ScriptNeeds to End

The Key to What Is Usually theShortest Section of the Movie / What the Audience MUST Feel at This Point inYour Movie / How Blockbuster Movies Create This Memorable Moment

How to Write What is Often One ofthe Most Memorable Moments in a Movie / Why the Internal Conflict Must BeResolved in This Section of the Movie / Should the Heros Goal Be Changed?

The Two Things that MUSTOccur to Give the Audience a Satisfying Ending / How to Deal with an UnhappyEnding / How to Avoid One of the Most Common Mistakes in Writing Your Finale

What You Must Do First When YourScript Is Finished / Adding Scenes / How to Approach the Rewrite / Developingand Enhancing the Most Important Message in Your Movie / How to UseForeshadowing and Symbolism to Improve Your Script / Getting Helpful Opinions /What Advice to Accept and What Advice to Reject / An Honest Evaluation of YourWriting Process / How to Improve Your Writing / When to Start on Your NextScreenplay / How to Get Your Script Read by Agents and Producers / The BestWays to Launch Your Screenwriting Career


Copyrightand Disclaimer:

Copyright 2013, 2015 by Darrin Donnelly and Travis Donnelly.

Allrights reserved.

Publishedin the United States by Shamrock New Media, Inc.

Allrights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form byany means, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of ShamrockNew Media, Inc. This includes reprints, excerpts, photocopying, recording, orany other means of reproducing text. If you would like to do any of the above,please seek permission by contacting us at: info@10dayscreenplay.com

Limitof Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: This publication contains statements andstatistics believed to be reliable, but neither the author(s) nor the publishercan guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any of the information containedin this publication. No warranty is made with respect to the accuracy orcompleteness of the information contained herein.

Thestrategies outlined in this publication may not be suitable for everyindividual, and are not guaranteed or warranted to produce any particularresults.

Theauthor(s) and publisher specifically disclaim any responsibility for anyliability, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise, which is incurred as aconsequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of thecontents of this publication.

Whena third-party book is linked to within this eBook, you should assume that ShamrockNew Media, Inc. has an affiliate relationship with the provider of suchproducts and may be compensated when you purchase from the link included inthis eBook.

Eachindividuals success depends on his or her background, experience, dedication,desire and motivation. As with any business endeavor or financial transaction,there is an inherent risk of loss of capital and there is no guarantee that youwill earn any money.

Unlessspecifically stated elsewhere, this book is not officially associated with,endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by any of the individuals, entities,companies, or organizations written about in this book.

Printversion ISBN-13: 978-0692582626

Printversion ISBN-10: 0692582622

Introduction

If you follow the steps outlined in this book, 10 daysfrom now, you will have written a feature-length screenplay. A screenplay thatcould become the next great American blockbuster.

Thats a big promise and itraises a natural question, one that we hear often: Can I really write ablockbuster screenplay in just 10 days? After all, most instructors I know sayit takes months or even years to write a great movie.

Allow us to first offer ashort and sweet answer to your question: Yes, you can write a greatscreenplay in 10 days and in the pages that follow, youre going to learnexactly how to do it!

Simply follow this program andin 10 days, youll have a finished script capable of blowing your readers awayand launching your screenwriting career!

The idea that writing ascreenplay should take six months to a year is just preposterous.

Do some writers take 12 monthsor longer to complete their scripts? Of course. But, most

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