Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Ex Machina” A 6 part series on the 2016 Oscar nominated science fiction movie script.
On Writing “The world will provide you with every imaginable obstacle, but the one most difficult to overcome will be the lack of faith in yourself…
Daily Dialogue — July 17, 2017 “I’ve been thinking about laws on Mars. There’s an international treaty saying that no country can lay claim to anything that’s not on…
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Snacks So it’s like maybe 15 years ago and I’m reading an interview with noted playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon. And in this interview…
Daily Dialogue — July 16, 2017 Monsignor: To be brief, the bishop and I both have the feeling that your long and faithful years should now be recompensed. That you…
Daily Dialogue theme next week: Scientific Explanation Join the Daily Dialogue crew: 3,348 consecutive days and counting.
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Read your dialogue aloud This is truly one of the easiest things you can do to improve your dialogue writing: When you finish a draft of your script, read aloud…
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 299th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Which Species of Screenwriter are you? This article poses five different types. Which one(s) are you?
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…
