Story. Screenplay. Sale.
My early training was as a playwright. Although most plays over the last forty years are two acts, historically plays were three acts. One of the first rules I learned was that if there were problems in Act 3 it meant that the real problem was in Act I. by D.B. Gilles Since the 3 … Read more
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‘I’ve experienced so much cinema, and it’s meant so much to me… it was the way that I experienced certain emotions and ideas that couldn’t be expressed otherwise.’ ‘There’s no way that I could ever compare a movie of mine to the films that formed me… people say you’re a master at times… but the … Read more
One Saturday I attended a fucking great series of talks sponsored by InkTip — a terrific fucking resource for screenwriters. by Trevor Mayes Why all the profanity? Because I got to listen to one of my favorite columnists — Manny Fonseca — who’s known for his foul-mouthed, yet brutally honest and insightful articles for The … Read more
On Twitter, I occasionally publish tips as and when I read scripts. Here, you see the video version of some. I’m trying to post every Monday. You can find me on Twitter as @ozzywood and the tips are here: http://bit.ly/KSTwTips [hr] [hr] Karel FG SegersKarel Segers wrote his first produced screenplay at age 17. Today … Read more