screenwriting

Making Sure You Don’t Have A Passive Protagonist

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about why having a passive Protagonist in your story is a problem, and…

5 years ago

How To Create A Lie Your Protagonist Believes And Follows Until They Learn The Truth

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores how to write a lie that your Protagonist believes, and a story that…

5 years ago

Why You Should Know And Understand Your Genre

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about why it is important for authors and filmmakers to know and understand…

5 years ago

How To Write Narrative Triplets In The Style Of Serenity

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes discusses the film Serenity and the writing advice we can take from it for…

5 years ago

How To Edit Your Book

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about how to edit your book, and the writing advice she has to…

5 years ago

How To Create Good Characterisation

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about Mr McGregor in Peter Rabbit The Movie, and what writing advice we…

5 years ago

How To Write Flashbacks

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes explores the techniques you can use to write flashbacks into your story, and the…

5 years ago

How To Write Multiple Protagonists

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes has writing advice to create a story with multiple protagonists.

5 years ago

Pantsing Vs Plotting – A Guide to The Writing Techniques

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about pantsing and plotting, the difference between the to writing techniques, and the…

5 years ago

Top Reasons To Write The Death Of A Mentor

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes writes about the death of a mentor, what it does for character development, and…

5 years ago

How To Write Your Midpoint

Your first act is setting up what they want, the second act is where they start to pursue it, and…

5 years ago

How to write in a three act structure – SPOILERS – Die Hard

On The Table Read, JJ Barnes gives writing advice about story structure in the film Die Hard and how we…

5 years ago