Script Analysis: “Little Women” — Part 6: Takeaways

Read and analyze the script for the acclaimed adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott.

Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this bi-weekly series is a deep structural and thematic analysis of each script we read. Our daily schedule:

Monday: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Tuesday: Plot
Wednesday: Characters
Thursday: Themes
Friday: Dialogue
Saturday: Takeaways

Today: Takeaways.

This week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie Little Women. In some ways, today’s exercise is the whole point of the series: What did you take away from the experience of reading and analyzing the script?

Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig, base on the novel by Louisa May Alcott.

Plot summary: Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters — four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.

Major kudos to Laura Bolton or doing this week’s scene-by-scene breakdown.

To download a PDF of the breakdown for Little Women, go here.

For Part 1, to read the Scene-By-Scene Breakdown discussion, go here.

For Part 2, to read the Plot discussion, go here.

For Part 3, to read the Character discussion, go here.

For Part 4, to read the Themes discussion go here.

For Part 5, to read the Dialogue discussion go here.

To access over 80 analyses of previous movie scripts we have read and discussed at Go Into The Story, go here.

I hope to see you in the RESPONSE section about this week’s script: Little Women.