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Unmotivated. Lazy. Creatively constipated . Is this you? by Signe Olynyk After months of little progress, I tried this wondrous thing called the internet. I googled. Meat freezer. Slaughterhouse. Trapped in cooler. Words that I hoped would trigger some sort of creative anything. As I searched, I came across an abandoned, slaughterhouse near Edson, Alberta … Read more
Story & Structure :: Update: Award Season Screenplay Downloads :: How To Find Your Voice :: Screenplay Review – Cowboy Bebop :: “The Best Way to Have a Good Idea…” :: Amateur Friday – Echovault Script Perfection :: Catching Fire and Why Katniss Everdeen is a Too-Rare Heroine :: Likeable Characters – Call the Pound … Read more
Need a splash of inspiration to start your screenplay? Struggling to generate a variety of loglines to select from? In the first of this 12-part series, The Bitter Script Reader steps in to show you how to pull the audience’s strings. Note: You might want to rewatch “Back to the Future” in preparation for this … Read more
Laziness and fear—a writer’s two great nemeses—do their best to keep us stuck in the writing rut. by K.M. Weiland Usually, it’s a very comfortable rut. All our characters are down there with us, keeping us company, cooking up tea, playing chess, and just generally having a happy ol’ time. Life isn’t very difficult, since … Read more
Story & Structure :: Pixar’s 22 Rules of Story, Analyzed as a PDF eBook :: The 10 Key Rules of Writing for TV :: Great Scene: “Sunset Blvd” :: Screenplay Review – Townies (Neighbors) :: Trilogy Building Part III: The Star Wars and Halo Sagas Script Perfection :: ‘Rush’ Screenwriter Peter Morgan’s 10-Year Rule for … Read more