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Jamie Campbell
Story & Structure :: TV Writer Podcast 083: Hilary Winston (Bad Teacher) Script Perfection :: Fear of Failure :: Fargo’s Noah Hawley Pitching & Selling :: How to Know When You’re Ready for an Agent Best of the Rest :: What Happened to Hot Spec Script “Transcendence?” :: Prolific Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci … Read more
About 90% of the complaints I hear from agents and producers have to do with formatting mistakes in scene headings, sometimes called slug lines. by David Trottier As a script consultant, I sometimes find myself saying while reading a script, “Where am I?” For example, here’s one of my favorite formatting mistakes: INT. A HECTIC … Read more
Story & Structure :: Screenplay Review – Demolition :: Amateur Friday – Marlowe Script Perfection :: Mad Men Writing: How They Get the Language Right :: Only in L.A. Pitching & Selling :: Getting Read Without Going Broke :: QED Buys ‘Yellowstone Falls Best of the Rest :: Movie Review – Oculus (and the Blumhouse … Read more
It’s almost summertime at the box office, which means big effects, big budgets, and even bigger stakes for the studios. Because it’s tentpole movie season. by Danny Manus You’ve probably heard the terms four-quadrant and tentpole movie, but what do they mean exactly? Should you be writing one? And what makes them work? A four-quadrant … Read more
Script Perfection :: Curiosity and the Kill. :: Eric Heisserer’s Writing Advice Pitching & Selling :: Why Producers Will Not Read Your Script :: My thoughts on “Why Producers Will Not Read Your Script” :: Eric Heisserer Talks TV pitches… with a Side of Scotch. Best of the Rest :: Interview: Rajiv Joseph and Scott … Read more