Screenwriter Blog Posts
Interest A Star With A Great Character Arc
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 ...
10 Mistakes Screenwriters Make That Drive Readers Crazy
Completing a screenplay is a huge accomplishment. Getting a Hollywood executive to read your script is another big accomplishment. The last thing you want to ...
Where Are You Going With Your Plot?
Every scene in your screenplay must be doing one or more of three things: revealing character, advancing the plot, or expanding the theme. All three ...
How To Create A Tipping Point In Your Screenwriting Career
One of the most critical elements of success in any field, and especially, in Hollywood as a screenwriter, is to take consistent, directed action in ...
The Power of Persistence: Should You Give Yourself a Do It By or Quit Date?
One of the interesting comments I hear from time to time is that a writer is giving their screenwriting career another year or two to ...
How To Write a Treatment For Your Screenplay: 7 Critical Tips
Previously I wrote about the great benefits of writing treatments for your screenplays instead of jumping directly into writing the scenes themselves. In case you ...
Is Your Screenwriting Too “On-The-Nose”
However, if any of those are the themes, it is too “on-the-nose,” as we call it, meaning there’s no subtlety. When something is a bit ...
Elements of Great Screenwriting
To be a real contender in Hollywood, you must study the craft of screenwriting so that your scripts are the best they can be when ...
The Truth About Getting Your Screenwriting Credit
Along with selling a screenplay, early on, one of your first goals should be to get a “Screenplay By” credit on a produced movie—even if ...
Mission Critical Script Formatting: 7 Keys to Make Sure Your Screenplay is Properly Formatted Before Sending It Out
Mission Critical: 7 Keys to Make Sure Your Screenplay is Properly Formatted Before Sending It Out When it comes to getting your screenplay noticed by ...
Show Your Screenwriting Talents With A Short Film
If you've written a screenplay, if you're even thinking about it, or if you've already completed one or more, then you've probably imagined what it ...
Is Your Logline Worth $100 Million?
You spent the last year writing your 100-page script to perfection. You slaved over each scene and every line of dialogue. You are finally ready ...
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