Introduction - bare essentials on screenwriting

This is part of a collaborative experiment to create backstory, characters, story and plot for a screenplay.

I will post here messages explaining the bare essentials to get started with screenwriting. Topics will include - but not be limited to - the following:

• backstory
• character biographies
• three act structure
• other structures
• visual storytelling
• screenplay format

There is plenty of information available on the web. To the right you find a still rudimentary list of screenwriting blogs and websites.

When in doubt, google it.