Moving Forward

Evaluation & Rewriting

Finished a first draft? Now the real work begins. Here are some tips on feedback, rewrites, motivation and more!

✨ Working Script & Story ✨

story-design-the-7-plot-points steve cuden

Story Design: The 7 Plot Points

Superobjective Keeping Your Story on Track

The Superobjective: Keeping Your Story on Track

what actors want you to know

Feedback: What Actors Want You to Know

4 Steps to Moving Forward When Your Script is Stuck

4 Steps to Moving Forward When Your Script is Stuck

By the Light of Metaphor: Improving the Odds of Making Good Metaphors

Improving the Odds of Making Good Metaphors

Steve Cuden on Story Arcs, Character Development, and Keeping the Audience Engaged

Story Arcs, Character Development, and Keeping the Audience Engaged

storytelling epiphany

Eureka! You Just Had a Storytelling Epiphany!

Montage-Backstory-Memories-and-Ticking-Clocks

How Musicals Make the Most of Time: Montage, Backstory, Memories, and Ticking Clocks

✨ Working Music & Lyrics ✨

song rewrites an interview with Stephen Schwartz

Song Rewrites (Interview with Stephen Schwartz)

helping-characters-land-through-song

Helping Characters Land Through Song

Conditional Love Songs

“If I Loved You” – Conditional Love Songs

Writing for Today’s Musical Theatre Performer

Writing for Today’s Musical Theatre Performer

Another Show, Another Opening Number!

Another Show, Another Opening Number!

How Opening Numbers Reveal a World or Launch the Story

How Opening Numbers Reveal a World or Launch the Story

i-want-songs-in-context-stephen-schwartz

I Want Songs in Context

I want songs

The Wizard and I – The “I Want” Song

✨ Helpful Resources ✨

Vocal-Arranging-for-Composers-Carmel-Dean
private musical consultations
Flyover Script Review
online Musical writing Writer Groups
Full Script Coverage
MW Script & Score Diagnostic 1

✨ Free Download! ✨

Script and Score Diagnostic

Be your own script doctor and pinpoint just where your show needs work!