Page One: “Avengers: Endgame” (2019)

Screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, based on the Marvel comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

The movie version of the opening:

I’ve written about this before, but the first page of a script… there’s something about having something dramatic happening on the last line. I can’t begin to count the number of discussions I’ve had with other screenwriters about this. It’s not a rule. It’s not a thing you have to do. But if you can land on that last line of Page One… and it’s a whammo…

That ensures the reader is going to turn the page to find out, “What the hell is going on?” And if they turn to Page Two, you’ve already created momentum to get them to turn to Page Three… and so on.

Download the script here.

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Page One is a daily Go Into The Story series featuring the first page of notable movie scripts from the classic era to contemporary times. Comparing them is an excellent way to study a variety of writing styles and see how professional writers start a story.

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