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How to Write a Dramatic Scene

by Wallace Wang

Screenwriting Lesson, 4 pages
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Conflict is easy to see in an action film but more complex in dramas, where conflict involves characters trying to coerce or attack through words alone.

In this article, competition-winning screenwriter Randall Wallace lays out and explains a basic template you can use to ensure your scenes are loaded with conflict, a basic component of dramatic storytelling.

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