How do you make your script stand out among the thousands of spec scripts submitted every year? How do attract and keep the attention of producers, agents and actors when they read your script? How do you make your script so compelling that the reader will ignore basic bodily functions just to see how it ends? Short answer: Start strong. Long answer: Check out the latest entry from Story Into Screenplay to learn what you must do in the first five pages of your script. http://www.storyintoscreenplay.com/2014/04/start-strong-grab-readers-fir...
Screenwriting : Start Strong: Grab Readers With the First 5 Pages of Your Screenplay by Gerald Hanks
Start Strong: Grab Readers With the First 5 Pages of Your Screenplay
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I truely don't believe that the reader needs to know the antagonist by page 5. First you need to know the world and character of your protagonist. You have to show the flaw or need of your character without saying it! The first glipse of the conflict that will drive the rest of the story occurs most of the time somewhere between page 10 and 20. It's the inciting incident or catalyst that turns the world of the protagonist upside down. Once the protagonist starts to react on it the antagonist will show up like Keitel in Thelma & Louise. Am I wrong?