Hot Topics: The Black Board
A weekly update from Shaula Evans, moderator of The Black Board:
This week at The Black Board we’ve been talking about the Business of Screenwriting:
How to Get Better at Pitching
How to Write a One-Page Synopsis
How to write a treatment
Is writing a good or bad job?
Who gets to call themselves a writer?
Plus we have an all-star line-up of celebrity advice:
John Barton & Ian McKellen on Intention
Luis Buñuel on screenwriting
Russell T. Davies on writing description
Ira Glass on Storytelling
Garry Marshall on Writing Good Parts for Stars
John Yorke on inciting incidents
Advice for Writers on Showcase Scripts from Greg Beal, Franklin Leonard & Director Matt Dy
And this week’s bonus links from the Idea Factory: Logogenetics & Exquisite Corpses!
If you want to talk shop, find moral support, or workshop your logline, you’re always welcome to join us.
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