From guest writer Barbara Buzzelli Once you have a grasp of the formatting fundamentals of screenwriting, it’s time to move on to the true meat of it all: the story. …
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So you want to sell your screenplay to a Hollywood producer? It’s easier said than done, but here are some important steps to increase your chances. Get your screenplay…
Everyone knows what archetypes are even if they don’t often think to articulate them. We see them over and over again in narratives in all forms and formats, the world…
Robert McKee’s famous lecture’s and books on screenwriting (love them or hate them) have been influential and helpful for thousands of professional and amateur screenwriters. Here are several of my…
“Writers Write.” This is the mantra that Billy Crystal’s character tells his writing class in Throw Momma From The Train. It’s a deceptively simple saying with real wisdom behind…
Here are 50 great quotes about screenwriting and writing to encourage, inspire and terrify you: Dialogue is a necessary evil. – Fred Zinnemann The road to hell is…
Exposition 101: The “Dossier Method” Exposition is a necessary evil in any script. We need to learn background information about the principal characters in order to understand them and…
If you’re a writer, you’ve probably heard that piece of advice before, from other writers, industry folk, or one of any number of the dozens of screenwriting how-to books, manuals,…
This is by no means an exhaustive or definitive list, but these are ten scripts every screenwriter–whether aspiring newbie or seasoned pro–should read, the sooner the better. All of these…
As the President in THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, Michael Douglas states rather emphatically that “America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, because it’s gonna put up…
