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Three questions in this discipline are contracted in the phrase “dancing the Wadoogee,” part of the “Ackerman Way” of it. The .highland (“dot-highland”) file format and the software Celtx (“sell-tex”) facilitate this activity. Gee and Don Nicholl name a selective fellowship for newcomers to this discipline. An approach to this discipline known simply as “the Paradigm” may use the orientation points Pinch 1 and Pinch 2. This craft is taught by Blake Snyder’s (-5[1])book Save (-5[1])the Cat!, (10[3])which stresses (10[1])the value of (10[1])loglines, and in seminars by (10[1])Robert McKee. (10[1]-5[1])Figurative “doctors” (-5[1])who assist in this craft have included Herman Mankiewicz (10[3])(“MANK-uh-witz”), the subject of (10[1])the 2020 film Mank. (10[3])Syd Field’s (10[1])guide to this craft popularized (10[1])a “three-act” structure for it. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this craft whose text outputs often follow a “one-page-per-minute” (10[1])convention and may get “greenlit” by a studio. ■END■ (10[6])

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