Dang! It’s Purple?!?

I woke up this morning and the site had a purple look and feel to it! It’s not an early April Fool’s joke, just proof that the transition from Melbourne (AU) to Culver City (CA) was successful. We’re now looking at the new Story Department servers with Media Temple in the heart of Screenland. If … Read more

Character Change vs. Revelation

Joe Forrest looks at an important difference between characters. On the one hand there are those who change over the course of a story and then those who don’t change,  but instead discover or reveal hidden traits deep within their personality. CHARACTERS WHO CHANGE Some films have characters who fundamentally change. They were bad, and the … Read more

The Art of Plotting

“The Art of Plotting: Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to your Screenplay” by Linda J. Cowgill. Back Stage Books. New York, New York. 2008. 192 pages. ISBN-13: 978-58065-070-0 ISBN-10: 1-58065-070-8 Amazon: US $13.57 THE AUTHOR Linda Cowgill has written films for Paramount, Warner Brothers, Universal, MGM and several small independents. She also has television credits … Read more

Scripped.com and Zhura.com merge

The CEO’s of  and Scripped.com  and Zhura.com have just announced the merger of their companies in an email to their members. Both have provided online script formatting services for the past 2 and 3 years. Together they claim they will be the largest screenwriting community online. In the email to his members, Sunil Rajaraman (Scripped) writes: Effective Monday, … Read more

Everyone Is Special (in OZ).

Apart from the odd tweet, I have been relatively quiet lately. Quietly brooding, listening and watching. But that little odd tweet now strikes back, in a 1,000 word blog post. And a call to writers to wake up and denounce the TV preachers. I know, I should be solving the technical issues that have been … Read more