How can writers avoid procrastination and find the necessary discipline and motivation to keep writing? It’s hard being a writer. The art, craft, and business of writing takes time, focus,…
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What screenwriting methods can screenwriters use to write the perfect opening pages for their screenplays? When the topic of a screenplay’s opening pages is brought up, most pundits, gurus, and…
What are some dead ends that most novice screenwriters hit early on in their screenwriting journey? Your screenwriting journey is guaranteed to be a long and arduous path. Very few…
What screenwriting lessons can we draw from the wise words of Genre Icon John Carpenter? Writer/Director John Carpenter attended the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema in the 1970s….
Screenwriters have to make a choice during their screenwriting journey — take the blue pill or the red pill. After reading the below, which one will you take? The screenwriting…
What are some secrets to creating better character depth within your screenplay’s characters? Character depth is what gets the script reader and audience invested in your characters and the stories…
What are the strongest character traits that writers can use to create more compelling and engaging protagonists, antagonists, and villains? There are two different kinds of traits that your story’s…
What are some inspirational quotes that will help screenwriters persevere through the long grind of a screenwriting journey? Sometimes screenwriting advice on how, where, when, and why to write screenplays…
What screenwriting lessons can we draw from the words of one of the greatest writers of all time — Mark Twain? Mark Twain was an adventurer and wily intellectual. He…
Did you know that there are only two types of plots in stories? According to Aristotle, at least. In his book Poetics — an analysis of tragedy and epic storytelling — he states that…
