Writing and the Creative Life: How Does “Creativity” Translate Across Different Cultures? From a recent FastCoCreate.com article:
Daily Dialogue — May 26, 2017 Emma Horton: You both of you have beautiful eyes and your hair is too long. I mean, I don’t care how long it gets in the back, but keep…
Reader Question: Is it typical to hate your script when you’re writing it? But you love having written!
Trimming Tricks of the Trade, Part 2: Minimize Parentheticals Here is another way to help with your page count.
Attention: Rising College Seniors Check this out if you are interested in screenwriting and graduate in 2018.
The Business of Screenwriting (Part 1): They don’t think like you Hollywood studio executives can have a different way of seeing the world.
Daily Dialogue — May 25, 2017 DR. TAYLOR: Good morning. ALEX: Morning, Missus. DR. TAYLOR: How you feeling today? ALEX: Fine. Fine. DR. TAYLOR: Good. May I? I’m Doctor…
Spec Script Deal: “The Best of Adam Sharp” Vocab Films acquires drama spec script “The Best of Adam Sharp” adapted by Graeme Simsion from his own novel. From Deadline:
What I Learned Watching 125 Student Films Storytelling tips from my 8 day immersion in cinema… university style.
Trimming Tricks of the Trade, Part 1: Lose the orphans One way to cut pages while not messing with the integrity of the story.
Daily Dialogue — May 24, 2017 SHERYL: Richard, what are you thinking? RICHARD: We’re gonna take him with us. SHERYL: No, no. That is not happening. That is not…
Reader Question: Is it okay to take more time than normal to set up the story in Act One? What if that script you’re writing insists on having a 30+ page first act?
Screenwriting 101: Liz W. Garcia “What I love the most about dealing with theme in my writing is that… the characters let you know, ‘This is what the theme is’. Then you…
Daily Dialogue — May 23, 2017 The Joker: You know. I don’t want there to be any hard feelings between us, Harvey. When you and, uh… Harvey Dent: Rachel! The Joker…
A Story in Six Words This is a story about A Story In Six Words that will take a lot more than six words to tell. It all started back in 2012 with this bromide…
Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work: Adopt a different writing persona This is a first in GITS history: Another Dumb Little Writing Trick That Work, only this one isn’t my idea, but from some actual scientists:
Daily Dialogue — May 22, 2017 “Bleeker decided he didn’t want to see the baby. Neither did I, really. He didn’t feel like ours. I think he was always hers.”
