Best of the Web 17 Feb

Story & Structure :: How Screenwriters Find Their Voice :: Scene Questionnaire to Help With Your Re-write or Pre-write :: TV Writers Podcast Ep 70 – The Emotional Thesaurus :: Scriptnotes Podcast Ep 75 – Villians :: Screenwriting the Dan O’Bannon Way :: Three Ways Alt-Script Writing Can Improve Your Spec Scripts Script Perfection :: … Read more

Best of the Web 9 Dec

Story & Structure :: Can New Story Ideas Thrive? :: Analyses of ‘Dexter’ – S07E07 :: Break Into Act Two and Shrek Script Perfection :: Just Because You Don’t Like It, Doesn’t Mean it’s a Bad Script! :: Beware of Tonal Mismatching :: Killing Them Softly: What Went Wrong :: Neil Gaiman’s Advice to Aspiring … Read more

Best of the Web 21 Oct

Story & Structure :: How to Create a Great Villain :: Tell a Story to Help You Write One :: Moon – Script Review :: Flashbacks and ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Script Perfection :: Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Be a Natural Observer :: Five Things to do After ‘Finishing’ a Draft :: What Screenwriting Style or … Read more

Best of the Web 30 Sep

Story & Structure :: The Importance of Character Depth :: The #1 Most Important Element In Developing A Character :: Antagonists and ‘What About Bob’ :: Anatomy of a Contained Thriller :: Scene Essentials Script Perfection :: How to Write with Style by Kurt Vonnegut, the 1980 Edition :: Writer Podcast: Janine Sherman Barrois (Criminal … Read more

Best of the Web 19 Aug

Story & Structure :: Why Good Description Worked for the Matrix but Didn’t for Matrix Reloaded :: Screenplay Review – Cloud Atlas :: Brandon Cohen – Finding YOUR Voice :: Walt Disney/Touchstone ‘Titanic’ Coverage Script Perfection :: How To Make A Genre Movie – Infographics! :: Is Your Hero Wrong? :: Your Audience is Intelligent … Read more