Story & Structure

:: Procedural-plus shows
:: Seth Gorden’s tips for making a good R-rated comedy
:: Perfectly flawed

Script Perfection

:: Screenwriting Tips: Suicidal characters
:: Writing between the lines
:: 10 ways to juice up a scene
:: Good writer/successful writer
:: Physicalise the emotions
:: How to improve your writing

Pitching & Selling

:: Film ideas that sell
:: Negotiating skills

Best of the Rest

:: The Italian Star Wars movie
:: Paranormal Activity 3 scares up record-breaking $54 Mil
:: Tintin and the uncanny valley
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With thanks to Adrian.

Enjoy!

Karel

Story & Structure

:: What went wrong: The Ideas of March [spoiler alert]
:: Narrative structure cheat sheet

Script Perfection

:: Screenwriting Tips: Show, don’t tell | Flashbacks
:: Resources for writing screen dialogue
:: The end of Hollywood internships

Pitching & Selling

:: How to copyright your script
:: My worst movie meeting
:: What kind of business cards should writers have?
:: Monkey points

Best of the Rest

:: The Pixar story
:: Should I quit my job?
:: Science and Hollywood
:: Paris flooded and abandoned
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With thanks to Adrian.

Enjoy!

Karel

Story & Structure

:: How to create a hit procedural
:: Drive: script review

Script Perfection

:: Screenwriting Tips: Comparing scripts
:: William Goldman’s 10 commandments on writing
:: What the author meant

Best of the Rest

:: Terra Nova
:: Early signs of a ‘Bridesmaids’ bump
:: Prometheus: What on earth has Ridley Scott created?
:: 10 coolest death scenes in science fiction history
:: Alfred Hitchcock on Salvador Dali and Spellbound
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With thanks to Adrian.

Enjoy!

Karel

Story & Structure

:: Spielberg on the Indiana Jones-Tintin connection
:: “Good Will Hunting” analysis
:: Story structure for short films
:: Character generator
:: Goals

Script Perfection

:: Screenwriting Tips: News headlines | Dual protagonists
:: What to wear to meetings & other questions
:: Plausibility in storytelling
:: Do try this at home
:: 25 insights on becoming a better writer

Best of the Rest

:: J.K. Rowling’s handwritten notes
:: Does this underdog know enough tricks to travel?
:: 10 best Amazon reviews ever
:: How HBO revolutionised TV
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With thanks to Adrian.

Enjoy!

Karel

Story & Structure

:: Max Landis talks about Frankenstein
:: Why we’re still seduced by the romcom

Script Perfection

:: Screenwriting Tips: Character in high gear
:: Working with directors
:: Naming your baby: How to find a great title for your screenplay
:: Screenwriting 101: Michael Arndt
:: 11 absolute avoids in screenplays

Pitching & Selling

:: Pitching advice from the pros

Best of the Rest

:: Why is there a rule against poetry critics quoting poetry
:: I might not be an author
:: TV pilots that are as good as summer movies
:: Can’t stop progress
:: Stephen Fry on grammar nazis
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With thanks to Adrian.

Enjoy!

Karel

Script Perfection

:: Screenwriting Tips: Raise the stakes | Writers are vultures
:: Writing a flop movie like working on a losing political campaign
:: No one cares about your effing film

Pitching & Selling

:: A history of copyright law

Best of the Rest

:: Cowboys & Aliens: The only politically correct face-off?
:: “Pride & Prejudice & Zombies” to be ‘incredibly true’ to Austen
:: Jim Henson’s 1966 Oscar nominated experimental short film
:: Pixar’s new films: dinosaurs and the human mind
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With thanks to Adrian.

Enjoy!

Karel

Script Perfection

:: Screenwriting Tips: Read biographies | Big idea | Themes/motifs
:: Zen and the art of technical writing
:: The producer’s hat
:: Second draft advice
:: Creating a personal genre
:: What we can learn from box office surprises
:: Rod Serling on “The Silence”

Best of the Rest

:: Futuristic movie timeline
:: Youth culture movies: How soon is too soon?
:: The 1928 film that inspired the Joker
:: First glimpses inside J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore
:: Cookie cutter monster movies
:: 25 great unscripted movie scenes
:: “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark” director’s guru: Guillermo Del Toro
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With thanks to Adrian.

Enjoy!

Karel

Story & Structure

:: Symphonies and screenplays
:: 2 kinds of endings
:: What monkeys mean in movies
:: Rom-Com truisms

Script Perfection

:: Revising as I go
:: From pixel pusher to TV writer
:: Formatting notes in a screenplay
:: Book review: Writing movies for fun and profit
:: I’m just a writer
:: Balancing writing and day job

Best of the Rest

:: A history of cinema in 6 images
:: Questions: Best screenwriting software? Best sitcom format?
:: 100 greatest SF and fantasy books
:: Why are films making more money than ever?
:: Hollywood isn’t brave enough to copy Pixar process
:: What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do is ship
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With thanks to Adrian.

Enjoy!

Karel