plot – The Story Department

Best of the Web 26 Oct

Jamie Campbell — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 22:33:49 +0000

Story & Structure

:: The Marriage of Character and Plot

Script Perfection

:: How To Achieve Your Writing Goals
:: Dr Who Tale is an Honour for Screenwriter

Pitching & Selling

:: The Short Screenplay Challenge 2014

Best of the Rest

:: Bollywood or Ozzywood? “Dearth of Scriptwriters or Good Readers”
:: Screenwriter Adam Karp Working on Two Scripts for CW, CBS
:: ‘Contagion’ Screenwriter on Ebola Reaction
:: J.K. Rowling Will Write a Movie Screenplay for First Time!
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With thanks to Cameron Pattison.

Jamie Campbell

Jamie Campbell is an author, screenwriter, and television addict.

Jamie is proud to be an Editor for The Story Department.

Her latest series Project Integrate is out now.

jamiecampbell.com.au

Best of the Web 24 Nov

Jamie Campbell — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:33:14 +0000

Story & Structure

:: Improve Plot and Character Fast
:: Building Original Stories
:: “What is the Conflict in the Scene?”
:: Screenplay Review – 47 Ronin
:: TV Pilot – The Leftovers

Script Perfection

:: 10 Screenwriting Tips From E.T.!!!
:: Nerdist Writers Panel #30: Vince Gilligan
:: Nerdist Writers Panel #32: Damon Lindelof
:: Being a Real Writer Means…
:: The Best Revenge

Pitching & Selling

:: An Interview With a Black List 3.0 Success Story

Best of the Rest

:: Ryan Coogler Talks with Ava DuVernay about Fruitvale Station
:: TV’s Top Showrunners Talk Deleted Scenes, Network Censorship, More
:: Actually, There’s a Difference Between “Binge Watchers” and “Couch Potatoes”
:: 2013 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Award Speeches
:: ‘Gravity’ Spinoff
:: Honoring Syd Field: The Master of Screenplay
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With thanks to Jamie Campbell.

Enjoy!

Karel

Jamie Campbell

Jamie Campbell is an author, screenwriter, and television addict.

Jamie is proud to be an Editor for The Story Department.

Her latest series Project Integrate is out now.

jamiecampbell.com.au

[Video]: Screenwriter-Director Josh Radnor talks about Liberal Arts

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:30:42 +0000

Writer/director Josh Radnor is most recognisable as Ted Moseby in How I Met Your Mother) but he’s more than a pretty face, as he proves with his second film, Liberal Arts. It premiered and won an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival. But does he also have anything meaningful to say?

If you liked this, check out more videos about screenwriting or filmmaking. And if you know of a great video on Screenwriting, let us know in the comments. Thanks!

Best o/t Web 9 May 10

Solmaaz — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:04:00 +0000

:: Failed screenplays: don’t be another statistic.
:: With so much action, how to balance character and plot.
:: How to pull off an unscripted documentary.
:: Make it rain- for fifty bucks!
:: It feels like everything has been done… because it has.
:: Give your villain his monologue, he needs air time too.
:: Frank Cottrell Boyce says to forget the 3-act structure- thoughts, feelings, concerns?

And here is an overview of articles I have marked and shared lately:

https://www.google.com/reader/shared/karel.segers

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With thanks to Sol.

Enjoy!

Karel

Best o/t Web 25 Apr

Solmaaz — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:36:17 +0000

:: The Matrix: Act I breakdown. Is Neo the One?
:: Get writing. Bring the good movies back!
:: Plots 101: a breakdown in threes.
:: IndieWire’s top 25 independent films to see this summer.
:: Could your character bio distract you from your story?
:: Find the voice of your series, then the show writes the show.
:: Save the trouble, your loved ones can be your experts.
:: Act II:2, weeding out the theme. What’s your story really about?
:: Great scene to ‘rattle your characters’ cages’: Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous.”
:: “There Will be Blood” Paul Thomas Anderson in the Hollywood Conversation Series.
:: Screenwriting help: how to write numbers in your dialogue.
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With thanks to the wonderful Sol.

Enjoy!

Karel