There is no short cut There is no golden method. There is no guaranteed approach to writing a million dollar spec script. All of that hype is bull shit.
Screenwriting Back to Basics, Day 1: Writing Scenes With every scene, you should ask yourself this question: What is the scene’s Beginning, Middle, and End?
On Writing “Writing is magical though. How else to describe the ability to physically and emotionally impact upon a stranger at the other side of the…
How do I know if it’s too much or too little scene description? Reader question via email from Anonymous:
Script To Screen: “Wall-E” One of the best scenes from the 2008 movie Wall-E, screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, original story by Andrew Stanton and Pete…
Daily Dialogue — August 25, 2019 Sundance Kid: [Butch and the Kid are on the edge of a cliff preparing to take on the posse pursuing them] Ready? Butch Cassidy: No, we’ll…
Screenwriting Advice From The Past: Writing for the Censors [Part 2] “While no human mind can remember the innumerable conflicting rules of these small town boards, since each local censor has his own ideas…
Daily Dialogue theme next week: One Word Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 4,118 consecutive days and counting.
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.
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