This video uncovers screenwriting tips found in the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
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Screenwriting secrets in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

0:00 Introduction
0:42 Setups for Believability
4:27 Don't Let the Antagonist Disappear
5:59 Dramatic Irony
7:48 Fatal Flaws

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1984)
Screenplay by Melissa Mathison
#7 on the WGA's 101 Greatest Screenplays

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