:: Keep it clear, clarity in your script.
:: First half, second act, all development.
:: Considering evil: crafting your villain’s motivations.
:: The climate of selling your spec script.
:: The ins and outs of Final Draft 8.
:: Filmfellas define themselves in terms of filmmaking.
:: What a romance. Interview with Nicholas Sparks.
:: Don’t confess, Chess. Character and dialogue in suspense stories.
:: Avoid surface humor, making jokes with your character in mind.
:: Taking notes, keeping cool. Advice for a beginning screenwriter.
The Road to Representation
Nine years ago I discovered I wanted to be a screenwriter. A few weeks ago I became one. That’s not true. I’ve been one for nine years, but a few weeks ago somebody else finally gave me an opportunity. Can you appreciate how weird that is? You spend nine years aiming at one goal and … Read more
Write the Shots! (1)
Okay, let’s just clear the air of so much bad thinking about action lines. I don’t know how or why this happened, but a lot of newbies seem to think that a scene is comprised of two or three things only. . 1) a Master Scene Heading (such as INT. MYSTERY MAN’S KITCHEN – NIGHT) … Read more
Best o/t Web 4 Apr 10
:: The art and effect of the extra-long take.
:: Two-in-one: how to show the same actor plays multiple parts.
:: Raising the stakes in story, how to make it happen.
:: The benefits of becoming a script reader.
:: The big up and coming films of 2010.
:: Generating story ideas, the process in one idea.
:: Words with screenwriter-director Shane Salerno.
:: Finding the story within you.
:: The ins and outs of nonprofit film financing.
:: Money matters, a look at film content distribution and the future.
:: Tricky tricky treatment writing.
:: Delving into act two: the elements.
Novel Adaptations: 4 Challenges
Brimming with brawn, you’ve just bought the rights to a novel. John Doe’s fabulous, but little known title, Lawrence of Monrovia. Panic. “What was I thinking? How the devil am I going to adapt this? Can I convert a 1,400-page novel to a 110p. script?” The answer to the problem of novel adaptations is: “The same way you transport six … Read more