Screenwriting is an art. Some will say, no, it is a skill; others will say it is neither. It is true that with prose fiction writing the writer has almost unlimited range in how they can present their story. The ability to get inside a character's head and reveal all kinds of facets to the aspects of that character. The skill and art of screenwriting is the ability to express your story with emotion and drama while still conforming to the limiting structure of the screenplay itself. Some screenwriters get stuck and feel so confined by the significant limitation of screenplay structure that they never evolve as a writer and ultimately give up.
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