Story To Screenplay In 20 Steps is a guide for new scriptwriters and a checklist for more experienced ones, from concept through coverage.

It is the manual I wish I’d had my first day in filmmaking. Story design is nothing new but the steps are scattered across countless publications in different voices, some dense or academic, but all saying essentially the same thing. This is my compilation of that knowledge, plus a few tips from the field, distilled to 20 key steps.

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—Carlos