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What does it mean to “break story” on a screenplay?

Tagged: dramatic theory, outlines, screenplay, screenwriting, script, scriptwriting, structure, terms, writing

Breaking story basically means figuring out the screenplay’s blueprint — mapping out a story and coming up with a logically and dramatically consistent beginning, middle, and end, and the major checkpoints therein.

ROBIN

I finally broke story on that period family-horror-comedy idea I’ve been wrestling with.

BRAD

Nice!

It’s cause for a small celebration.

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