Story. Screenplay. Sale.
The craft of telling a story starts with structure skills.
I saw Barefoot in the Park the other night. It was okay. But something interesting happened in the Third Act that might be worth sharing. We reach the point of the story where the characters have fully arc’d. Jane Fonda had felt that Robert Redford was “a stuffed shirt” who never allows himself to get drunk … Read more
Last Tuesday was Australia Day, so that was my excuse for not publishing my own weekly blog post. This week I was going to break down SHERLOCK HOLMES because you guys voted for it. Was going to… You’ll have to wait. I have been fighting some pretty fierce resistance: I have no desire whatsoever to … Read more
I’ve been having some revolutionary thoughts lately. And these are beyond the ordinary musings of a screenwriter, such as, “I’d love to see a nuclear explosion wipe out these ego-maniacal fucks in Hollywood.” No, my thoughts have centered more around my long-promised, free, screenwriting book that I’ve been working on, which has been tentatively titled, … Read more
So, the question – what is the point and purpose of a flashback? A flashback is usually a revelation of character, is it not? It shows us something in the past that helps to explain a character’s current state. We see the character, we see a flashback, and then we feel differently about that character. … Read more
Even before AVATAR’s release, parallels with other films emerged. Cameron has admitted a similarity with DANCES WITH WOLVES and a certain Matt Bateman ticked the boxes convincingly for POCAHONTAS. The web is rife with comparisons. Here are six: DANCES WITH WOLVES Yes, exactly, it is very much like [Dances With Wolves]. You see the same … Read more