You may have lots of ideas for screenplays or you may have only one. But before you write any of them, consider whether your premise has enough dramatic potential and commercial appeal to sustain a 90-minute movie. People need to be highly-entertained to stay glued to their seats for an hour and a half, so
Have you noticed that writing a 100-plus-page script seems like it can take forever? And then you finish it and you have to re-write the whole thing again, again, and again. At that rate, you could only write so many scripts over the course of a few years, so how are you supposed to have enough
If your intention is to be a professional, working screenwriter – whether in Los Angeles, Alabama, Michigan or Australia, being represented by an agent or a manager CAN make a huge difference — though not guaranteed! A strong agent or manager who believes in you and has the clout and chutzpah to do something about
When you want to sell a screenplay, it can be hard to know if your script is really ready to be shopped. It seems that you can “always” make it better in some way if you really try. But there comes a time when you need to let go of all the re-writing and editing
A great Character Arc not only makes a story work, but it’s “acting bait” for a movie star. Every action your main character takes should be toward achieving their objective. Of course, this means you have to know what their objective is up front. For example, in one of my favorite films “American President,” Annette Bening is
The Man, The Screenwriter Legend, William Goldman — On his famous quote “Nobody knows anything.” An interesting interview. William Goldman wrote the book “Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting” — which is now available in the Amazon Kindle format. This book is a classic on screenwriting which every screenwriter should read.