What’s the soundtrack to your writing?

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For many, music stimulates the Muse. Do you have music in the background (or foreground) while writing?  Or are you hell-bent on dead silence? And if music is your Muse, what is your specific soundtrack? Tell us in the poll and the comments! ____________________________________________ [poll id=”4″] Thank you for voting. If you have a Twitter … Read more

Flashbacks are Your Friend.

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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

Best o/t Web 24 Jan 10

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:: Never in cinemas. But read the treatment here: Spider-M4n. :: Subplots: What are they? How can they enhance my script? :: Subplot up close: “Back to the Future”. :: The Sherlock Holmes Screenplay. :: 10 (well.. 9) Sci-Fi Heroes who don’t need origin stories. :: Modern writing technology and their speeds (via Kottke) :: High school … Read more

The Golden Boy of the Black List

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Last month THE MUPPET MAN was voted to the top of the industry’s Most Wanted: The Black List. Screenwriter Chris Weekes talks to Karel Segers about his work, inspiration and what makes an attention-grabbing screenplay. They wouldn’t listen to him in Australia, so Chris Weekes moved to New York, where BITTER AND TWISTED, his debut … Read more

Reviewed: Writing Dialogue for Scripts

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Jack Brislee reviews “Writing Dialogue for Scripts” by Rib Davis A & C Black Publishers Ltd. London 2008. 206 pages. ISBN 978-1-408-10134-6 Price: US $16 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rib Davis is a playwright, oral historian, author, director and community arts worker.  Sixty of his scripts have been performed on stage, screen and radio and he … Read more