Screenwriting Best of the Web 18/10/09

Here’s my weekly selection from the blogosphere. Feel free to recommend anything or give your feedback in the Questions and Comments below.

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• Screenwriting Expo – Report on Day 1 (by James Nicholas)
• Alexandra beat me to it on the 3-Act, 8-Sequence structure.
• There’s this structural formula for movies. It works. But why?
• Bollywood: Big audiences … and stories they want to see.
• Lantern gone. Time to focus on local mainstream flicks, NSW!
• Is cult film dead? If so, who killed it?
• Screenwriters are earning less. It’s not simply the economy.
• 1st Lesson: A simple overview of the 12 Hero’s Journey Stages.
• Story is about problems. Like news only reports bad things.
• In his old age, Coppola has become a whinger. Get with it dude!
• Some scribes write really dense tech talk, and get away with it.
• Why should you consider writing low budget stories?
• Last year’s Black List: Scripts now all available for download.
• When a goat is just a goat. About useless, ego maniac teachers.
• You’re a competition 1/4 finalist. Should you brag about it?

COMING SOON to the Story Department:

• Raindance Film Fest wrapped. A director reports.
• Structural breakdown of THE UNTOUCHABLES
• Paul Gulino: Screenwriting, the Deadline Approach.

Enjoy!

Karel

Karel FG Segers

Karel Segers wrote his first produced screenplay at age 17. Today he is a story analyst with experience in acquisition, development and production. He has trained students worldwide, and worked with half a dozen Academy Award nominees. Karel speaks more European languages than you have fingers on your left hand, which he is still trying to find a use for in his hometown of Sydney, Australia. The languages, not the fingers.