John Truby’s Top 25 Screenwriting Lessons

Film Courage write.film.create
2 min readDec 21, 2017

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Watch the video interview on Youtube here

John Truby has taught us a lot about screenwriting and story in our two interviews with him. Here are our Top 25 favorite lessons.

00:34–1. Key To Understanding Screenwriting
03:52–2. Movie Idea Or TV Idea?
06:53–3. How To Create The Main Character
10:50–4. The First Draft
16:28–5. The Most Common Screenwriting Question
18:50–6. On The Page
20:32–7. How To Break Writer’s Block Quickly
22:53–8. Should The Idea Be Written?
27:13–9. The Ending
28:54–10. Cliffhanger
30:58–11. What Is Hollywood Looking To Buy
34:45–12. First Rule Of Hollywood
37:12–13. Amateur Writers Can’t Do This
41:17–14. Audience Feedback
44:22–15. Breaking Down The Premise Line
46:26–16. Fake Allies
48:50–17. Television Story Beats
50:48–18. Wine Tasting
54:24–19. Total Control
56:51–20. The Real Problem That Has To Be Solved
1:00:30–21. Writing On Staff
1:03:55–22. Realities Of Being A TV Writer
1:09:58–23. Crafting A Serial Television Show
1:12:21–24. Reading Scripts
1:15:10–25. Treating The Craft Like A Business

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Watch the video interview on Youtube here
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