Fleurette, sounds good re your script. That said, it’s always a good thing to go through our pages and look for ‘fat’ we can cut. The three E’s come into play:
Daily Dialogue — July 15, 2017 JESSE: Too bad it isn’t daytime so we could see the stained glass windows better. CELINE: I was in an old church like this one with my…
Reader Question: Is there a danger of having an Act One that is too short? A better question: “Does my first act work?” Page count is secondary.
Tweetstorm: Craig Mazin on the Working Relationship between Studio Execs and Writers If you are an aspiring screenwriter, Twitter is an amazing resource. In October 2014, Rachael Prior posted a series of tweets about life as…
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” A 5 part series on the 2005 Academy Award winning screenplay.
Writing and the Creative Life: Lessons from a book “everyone in Silicon Valley is talking about” The Hook: Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, Investment.
RJ, whenever it comes down to advice from anyone, myself included, and especially so-called… Re your 2nd question: While it’s certainly helpful to have an historical figure of some notoriety, especially in this day and age of…
Spec Script Deals: Mid-2017 Report All the reported spec script deals from January through June this year.
Tweetstorm: Jeff Willis on Should You Pay for a Script Consultant If you are an aspiring screenwriter, Twitter is an amazing resource. For example in March 2015, Jeff Willis, Manager, Credits…
The Business of Screenwriting: There are three kinds of people in Hollywood Story. Some get it. Some kinda get it. And some… well…
Daily Dialogue — July 13, 2017 The King: Strange wedding. The Queen: Yes. Very strange wedding. Come along.
Reader Question: Should I take budget into account with a spec script… …or just write the best possible story?
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Blade Runner” A 5 part series on the influential 1982 science fiction movie.
Spec Script Deal: Untitled Hill Project Voltage Pictures acquires an untitled supernatural horror thriller spec script written by Brian Edward Hill. From The Wrap:
Scene Description Spotlight: “Wall-E” Today we look at an entirely distinct way to approach scene description in the screenplay for Wall-E. I have discussed the writing style of…
Spec Script Deal: “The Armstrongs” Miramax Films acquires action comedy spec script “The Armstrongs” written by Jason Markarian and John Mirabella. From Deadline:
Daily Dialogue — July 12, 2017 Father Levesque: You know your notion of a true meaning of a miracle… well… I just want to thank you.
Reader Question: Is it okay for there to be more action lines in an action script? Once again into the breach against so-called screenwriting ‘rules’.
Tweetstorm: Geoff LaTulippe on Avoiding Red Flags in Screenplays If you are an aspiring screenwriter, Twitter is an amazing resource. For example in April 2016, screenwriter Geoff LaTulippe (Going the…
