The Heart of Your Script - The Insider s Guide to Writing Difficult Middle Section of a

While there are many guides to screenwriting, none of them tackle the specific difficulties of writing the tricky mid-section of the screenplay. The Heart of Your Script reveals the six key elements that are crucial for ensuring an emotionally satisfying and dramatically engaging center to any script. Using a broad range of concise case studies, including contemporary films such as Aftersun (2022), The Whale (2022), Shoplifters (2018), Talk to Me (2022), Barbie (2023) and Oppenheimer (2023), canonical texts such as Back to the Future (1985), Seven Samurai (1954) and There Will Be Blood (2007) and cult classics like Swiss Army Man , (2016), Jennifer''s Body (2009) and Heathers (1988), Ted Wilkes and Phil Hughes provide helpful tips and tricks to assist writers in finding out what is at the heart of the story they want to tell and how to ensure that it is coming through in their stories. Refusing any single method for structuring this central portion, Wilkes and Hughes offer a character-centred study, which allows aspiring screenwriters to map their dramatic journey from the inside out.

Product details

• Authors: Phil Hughes, Hughes Phil, Ted Wilkes
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.01.2026
• EAN: 9781839028106
• ISBN: 978-1-83902-810-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Screenwriting, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film production: technical & background skills, Film Scripts & Screenplays, Film scripts and screenplays, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Guides & Reviews, Film guides and reviews, Film Guides & Reviews, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills