Best of the Web 9 Sep

Story & Structure :: When we go to the Movies we want to be Moved (Emotionally) :: Action is more than just Gunfights and Car Chases :: The Town: A Master Class in Screenwriting :: Script Review: Dogs Of Babel :: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Beat Sheet Script Perfection :: Premature Word Ejaculation … Read more

Best of the Web 2 Sep

Story & Structure :: Your Hero’s Development :: Cause and Effect Storytelling Script Perfection :: Using Big Words in Your Script, Scene Headings :: Children of Men Script Review :: Top 10 Amateur Scripts :: How to Overcome the Insecurity of a Screenwriter :: 3 Keys to Failing as a Writer Pitching & Selling :: … Read more

Best of the Web 26 Aug

Story & Structure :: Without a successful movie under your belt, DON’T attempt to write multi-protag. :: Why write a movie? :: Dispatch from The Quest: Ben Odgren on subtext use in ‘Jaws’  :: TGB Breakdown Ep 7: Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. (Guest: Film Crit Hulk) :: No stakes and no surprises, please :: Tony Scott on Directing: Artistic Style, Concept, … Read more

Best of the Web 19 Aug

Story & Structure :: Why Good Description Worked for the Matrix but Didn’t for Matrix Reloaded :: Screenplay Review – Cloud Atlas :: Brandon Cohen – Finding YOUR Voice :: Walt Disney/Touchstone ‘Titanic’ Coverage Script Perfection :: How To Make A Genre Movie – Infographics! :: Is Your Hero Wrong? :: Your Audience is Intelligent … Read more

Best of the Web 12 Aug

Story & Structure :: Create A Compelling Protagonist :: Is Your Hero Wrong? :: Are We Hardwired to Interpret the World Through Stories :: Inception Breakdown :: How To Write A Treatment :: Some Winning Synopsis’s :: ‘The Storytelling Animal,’ by Jonathan Gottschall Script Perfection :: 100 Exquisite Adjectives :: Screenwriting Tip #1069 – Readability … Read more