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Enjoy these Screen Writing Big Brain quizzes we've created for you, helping to test the Screen Writing knowledge you have.
Question 1
Regarding the main character’s goals within Hollywood screenplay structure…
| True Goal precedes False Goal | |
| False Goal precedes True Goal | |
| Goals are superfluous | |
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The false goal reels the main character along for the first half of the story, or so.
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Question 2
Only people who live in Southern California work as screenwriters.
| True | |
| False | |
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Question 3
If you write screenplays but have not yet derived income from doing so, you are not a screenwriter. You are a hobbyist.
| True | |
| False | |
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Question 4
After completing a screenplay’s first draft, you should…
| Start querying production companies and agents about it—right away | |
| File it away and forget it | |
| Edit it | |
| Take a bath | |
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Remember, only professionals make it at screenwriting.
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Question 5
Spec scripts may be full of errors! My idea will sell itself.
| True | |
| False | |
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Check hard for errors in your screenplay. Consider your competition!
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Question 6
The best advice for any writer in search of a story is…
| Write what you know | |
| Make it up as you go along | |
| Write what a mollusk knows | |
| Nap—a lot! | |
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It might amaze some what a mollusk knows, but your story is surely more compelling--and a lot easier to research.
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