Cliffhangers! How To Keep Your Audience (Cutting Room Floor #027)
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English - October 03, 2019 10:05 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsFilm Reviews TV & Film Arts creativity writing afi afistop100 afitop100 americanfilminstitute creative film filmschool screenwriting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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How do you write a pageturner or a movie that you can't turn off? Cliffhangers. Pure and simple. Cliffhangers keep the people coming back for more. So, how do we apply that idea to our stories? We use the wonderful article from Ruth Harris this week to talk about this underrated and misunderstood tool, and it's kind of blowing our minds. But, you'll have to listen to learn the secrets... :)
Please check out Ruth's original article here: https://annerallen.com/2019/08/7-rules-cliffhanger/