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Story & Structure :: Bad Writing Day? Get Inspired With This! :: “You Don’t Know Nothing. So Do Not Write What You Know.” Script Perfection :: Inspiring Screenwriting Advice from John August :: ‘Foxcatcher’ Screenplay Struggles :: Is Hollywood Really Killing the Art of Screenwriting? Best of the Rest :: NBR chooses ‘A Most Violent … Read more
Working on a rewrite? At a loss as to how to go about it? Successful Hollywood screenwriter John August (Big Fish, Frankenweenie, The Nines) takes us on Part 1 on how to rewrite action to feel less like a shopping list and more like the movie you want to see on the screen… If you … Read more
Google “screenwriting competitions” and you will get a bazillion links to all kinds of articles on the subject. by Phil Parker Most will tell you that there are only half a dozen or so that are worth the price of admission- The Nicholl Fellowships, the Austin Screenwriter’s Festival, Scriptpipeline, the Page Awards, Zoetrope, Big Break, … Read more
Script Perfection :: No Nudity in Your Script? We’ll See About That :: Improve Your Writing. With Puzzles :: Screen 2030: Mark Pesce Pitching & Selling :: Can’t Get The Rights to an Adaptation? Don’t Give Up! :: Motorcycle Diaries Scribe to Write New White Fang Movie. Best of the Rest :: Which One is … Read more
A look at the life of the modern film and TV writer: The Hollywood Reporter sits down with Jonathan Nolan (Interstellar), Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), Jon Favreau (Chef), Chris Rock (Top Five), Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) join THR’s executive editor Matt Belloni. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP3U_6CHO5Y