Karel FG Segers

Karel Segers wrote his first produced screenplay at age 17. Today he is a story analyst with experience in acquisition, development and production. He has trained students worldwide, and worked with half a dozen Academy Award nominees. Karel speaks more European languages than he has fingers on his left hand, which he is still trying to find a use for in his hometown of Sydney, Australia. The languages, not the fingers. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

Structure: Elephant In The Room

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Story structure has become a riddle. We have bona fide experts, people with solid credentials, telling us story structure is critical. Many argue that story structure comes in 1 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 7 or even 9 acts! Others proclaim story structure to be a myth. by Lee A. Matthias Set-Up: Blind Man’s … Read more

Writing Drama (10)

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Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack Brislee. To give you the opportunity to delve into Lavandier’s amazing knowledge and insight, we will be publishing a weekly excerpt from the book. A precise objective The objectives I have listed have one thing in common: they are … Read more

Michael Wiese teaches script pitching

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Most questions I receive from screenwriters are about how and where to pitch. In fairness, their scripts are rarely ready for pitching. But for those few who have honed the story and perfected the screenplay, here are some great tips.

Michael Wiese goes through a number of practical tips and tricks for the pitching situation.

This one is not about structuring your logline or finding antecedents to your project; it’s more about creating the right atmosphere and establishing a connection with the person you pitch to.

Enjoy!

Karel

(with thanks to Louise Tan)

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Writing Drama (9)

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Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack Brislee. To give you the opportunity to delve into Lavandier’s amazing knowledge and insight, we will be publishing a weekly excerpt from the book. The nature of the objective It is clear from this that an objective does not … Read more