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The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
The Top 5 Movie Monsters Japanese monster movies, alike in their tendency to cast strange creatures, or kaiju, in the title role, have been seducing movie-goers since the early 1930’s. In tune with audience’s enduring interest in ruinous spectacle, movie monsters have embodied everything from traffic lights and tomatoes to humanoid terrors. Ultimately Japanese daikaiju … Read more
A good story will always be a balance between providing readers necessary information—and keeping them curious by not giving them all the info. Nowhere is this more true than in dialogue. by K.M. Weiland Make no mistake. This is a tough wire on which to balance. Give readers too much juice, and they’ll not only … Read more
There are many schools of thought on screenplay structure – Robert McKee, Syd Field, and John Truby are just a few that come to mind. Or perhaps you’re more old school classic and bow down to the teachings of Joseph Campbell or his bastardized wanna-be cousin Christopher Vogler. by The Single Screenwriter Regardless of what … Read more
I’ve been enjoying Atlantis with my kids and both my son and daughter love it. They like the humour, the emotional drama, the action and the adventure. But I was sitting there wondering, what sort of message does this send my daughter? by Hayley McKenzie The female characters are either passive love interest or evil. … Read more
“Writing a low budget or Micro budget movie is a waste of time!” Over eleven years of screenwriting I have lost count of the number of times I have heard, and indeed said, that phrase. It’s the mantra of many an arrogant writer, myself included, thinking I am god’s gift to screenwriting. After all, I have read … Read more