# book end year (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book end year. Page: Feed: --- ## [Creating Character Arc](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/creating-character-arc-3e4) _2026-08-15 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Screenwriting Tricks for Authors ## [Three essential questions about your protagonist](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/three-things-you-must-know-about) _2026-08-01 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Screenwriting Tricks for Authors ## [What's your Author BRAND?](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/whats-your-author-brand) _2026-07-25 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Along with the small matter of writing your book, you need to work on defining it for agents, publishers, libraries, your website and promo material - and READERS. ## [A Book By the End of the Year - let's get started!](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/a-book-by-the-end-of-the-year-lets) _2026-07-19 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ It’s the MIDPOINT of our year - which is a perfect time to start a book — or recommit to the one you’re writing so that it really does get done this year. ## [The book will write itself](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/the-book-will-write-itself) _2026-07-10 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Do you have an unfinished book hidden in a drawer because you think it's not good enough? Do you wonder how you can possibly pull off a book when every author out there started long before you did? ## [Sense & Sensibility - story breakdown (& tentpole scenes)](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/sense-and-sensibility-story-breakdown) _2026-07-05 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Screenwriting Tricks for Authors ## [The six tentpole scenes of your book](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/the-six-tentpole-scenes-of-your-book) _2026-07-03 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Screenwriting Tricks for Authors ## [THE GRAPEVINE RV road tour: Day 3](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/the-grapevine-rv-road-tour-day-3) _2026-06-26 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ by Craig Robertson ## [THE GRAPEVINE - road trip thriller out now!](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/the-grapevine-road-trip-thriller) _2026-06-25 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ This week Craig & I are embarked on our epic and possibly ill-advised RV road trip launch tour for The Grapevine. ## [Are you ready to write that book?](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/are-you-ready-to-write-that-book) _2026-06-14 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ It’s almost July, which means we have half a year to write our next book - or our first! ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PFkEk1b423WN) _2026-06-14 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and access low-cost global trading. ## [10 Essential Elements of Act I (full article)](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/10-essential-elements-of-act-i-full) _2026-06-07 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Screenwriting Tricks for Authors ## [10 Essential Elements of Act I](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/10-essential-elements-of-act-i) _2026-06-07 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Screenwriting Tricks for Authors ## [Writing Act I: HARRY POTTER & THE SORCERER'S STONE](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/writing-act-i-harry-potter-and-the) _2026-05-30 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ I love teaching Harry Potter as an introduction to story structure because it’s often a lot easier to see these story elements we’ve been talking about at work in a fantasy. And it’s always best to start with a movie you know well already. ## [The Three-Act, Eight-Sequence structure](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/the-three-act-eight-sequence-structure-a61) _2026-05-24 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ The MOST important thing you can do to master story structure is to learn this essential film history - and how to apply it to your books. ## [A Book by the End of the Year: INDEX CARDS](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/a-book-by-the-end-of-the-year-index) _2026-05-17 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ You've done the prep work. Now let's brainstorm your entire book, with a Hollywood shortcut. ## [Write a Book This Year - from the beginning](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/write-a-book-this-year-from-the-beginning) _2026-05-09 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ In the next few weeks I'll review some of the core principles of the writing method I teach to jump start your Book By the End of the Year. ## [High Concept case study: YESTERYEAR](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/high-concept-case-study-yesteryear) _2026-05-02 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ High Concept is the Holy Grail of book ideas - pretty much an instant book deal. But authors very often struggle to grasp what High Concept really means. ## [What do we do about the "rape academies"?](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/what-do-we-do-about-the-rape-academies) _2026-04-18 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ It's sexual assault awareness month and some explosive revelations have made it the conversation of the week. ## [A Book by the End of the Year](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/a-book-by-the-end-of-the-year-0c4) _2026-04-12 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ Projecting an actual timeframe is extremely helpful when you're making this commitment. So let’s try it again! ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cgusIJlIbI38) _2026-04-12 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [It's Spring! Let's break down Four Weddings & a Funeral](https://alexandrasokoloff.substack.com/p/its-spring-lets-break-down-four-weddings) _2026-04-07 · Alexandra Sokoloff · Screenwriting Tricks for Authors_ I teach authors story structure by using movie examples because these classic elements of storytelling are MUCH easier to spot and internalize by watching movies.