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2019 Scene-Writing Challenge: Week 3 Here are all of Week 3’s prompts for this year’s Scene-Writing Challenge.
Daily Dialogue — August 24, 2019 Romeo: O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied? Juliet: What satisfaction canst thou have tonight? Romeo: The exchange of thy love’s faithful…
Reader Question: How should I handle an event where I will meet a Hollywood writer-producer? Wherein I provide the single best piece of advice to a writer… ever.
Writing and the Creative Life: The Virtues of Spacing Out and Goofing Off Finally, science is good for something! Spacing out rules!
Daily Dialogue — August 23, 2019 Boy: What’s your name again? Chrissie: Chrissie. Boy: Where are we going? Chrissie: Swimming.
3 Trends Screenwriters Need to Heed Changes in technology and entertainment platforms is having an effect on how to approach writing a screenplay.
The Business of Screenwriting: Chilled White Whine On March 7, 1988, the Writers Guild of America went on strike. It lasted 155 days and is the longest work stoppage in Guild history…
Daily Dialogue — August 22, 2019 “Okay. Let your head rest in my hand. Relax. I got you. I promise. I won’t let you go. Hey, man. I got you. There you go. Ten Seconds…
Rewriting Key: Switch Protagonist When you rewrite your script, give each primary character their due by doing an individual character pass.
Script To Screen: “Wag the Dog” A key scene from the 1997 satire Wag the Dog, screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, book by Larry Beinhart.
Daily Dialogue — August 21, 2019 Mr. Braddock: Ben, what are you doing? Benjamin: Well, I would say that I’m just drifting. Here in the pool. Mr. Braddock: Why? Benjamin…
Plot = Structure A screenplay is a unique literary form. It both tells a story and serves as a blueprint to make a movie. As such, understanding structure…
Movie Analysis: “Gravity” When we think of the movie Gravity, we most likely think BIG. Yet in interview after interview, co-writer and director Alfonso Cuarón has…
Screenwriting 101: Justin Rhodes “In my view, genre and structure are the places where you don’t necessarily have to reinvent the wheel. The tropes are there because they…
The Importance of Movie Moments Moments which stand out in a screenplay can not only grab a reader’s attention, they can also convey a story’s theme.
Tweetstorm: Matthew Federman on Breaking Story Advice on the story prep process from TV writer, producer, and co-creator of the series Blood & Treasure.
On Writing “Sometimes people ask, does writing make you happy? But I think that’s beside the point. It makes you agitated, and continually in a state…
Daily Dialogue — August 19, 2019 Anton Freeman: Vincent! How are you doing this Vincent? How have you done any of this? We have to go back. Vincent: It’s too late for that…
The Nemesis as the Protagonist’s ‘Shadow’ Want drama? Ask your Protagonist: What do you fear the most? Then put them in a story where they have to confront that fear: Their Nemesis.
