Dana Skowrnowski

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more