Write Your World (3)

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Perhaps you are already a pro at using your scenic descriptions to create a tangible environment for your characters, but do you also use it to show your audience who those characters truly are? by Margaret M. MacDonald. Think of your home.  Is it old or new?  Bright or dark?  Cluttered or clean? What would … Read more

Best o/t Web 10 July

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Story & Structure :: How a good script can become a bad movie Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: Speed :: 2 stories about ourselves :: Tim Powers on research Pitching & Selling :: How much do writers make on DVD sales? Best of the Rest :: Every Michael Bay movie under a minute :: 20 best taglines from the last 30 years … Read more

Best o/t Web 3 July

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Story & Structure :: 10 screenwriting tips you can learn from Say Anything :: The Long Goodbye by Robert Altman Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: A good twist | Everyone’s carrying something :: Formatting an interview montage :: Zen and the art of scribal maintenance Pitching & Selling :: What sells a scipt? Hollywood exec weighs in :: Don’t ask, tell Best of … Read more

Structure: E.T.

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As a young teenager, Close Encounters made the deepest impression on me. Five years later, E.T. became the first movie I ever went to see a second time in the cinema. It made me officially a Steven Spielberg fan. by Dave Trendall (structure breakdown) and Karel Segers (notes). I’m still a big Spielberg fan, although … Read more