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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 more subtle, it tends to have much greater appeal because ...
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Three Screenplay Pitch Openings That Hook Audiences Instantly

When it comes time to market and sell your screenplay, you will need to learn to pitch your screenplay -- both on paper and out loud. Some writers would rather put a spoon in their ...
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How To Make An Audience Care About Your Characters

John Truby believes that focusing on details and character traits can lead to superficial characters. Melody Jackson, Ph.D. does, too. Go here to Learn what two questions you can ask to make sure you bake ...
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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 do is to blow your chances to get a “Recommend” ...
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Mastering the Art of Subtext: The Ultimate Skill for Brilliant Dialogue

Let’s chat about subtext in screenwriting, shall we? I hope you said “By all means, yes!” because it is truly a game-changer for your screenplay when you master the art of writing subtext into your ...
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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 industry professionals, formatting is not just a minor detail—it’s mission ...
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Are Email Query Blasts or Hard Copy Query Letters More Effective For Marketing A Script?

When it comes to marketing your script to a targeted list of producers, agents and managers through the written word, you pretty much have to decide between sending an Email Blast or sending the classic way — the Hard ...
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Using Archetypes in Screenwriting

VIDEO! The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit… archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character. Kristan Higgins Some tropes are universal. Boy meets girl. ...
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Planning for Success in Screenwriting: Goals (Part 1 of 2)

Lots of Screenwriters say they’ve done everything they know to do and are still not achieving the goals they want, still not getting their scripts read. This two-part article series is meant to help you ...
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Writing Screenplay Dialogue: 3 Crazy Ways To Improve It

3 Surprising Tips for Writing Screenplay Dialogue That Captivates Writing memorable dialogue is one of the most challenging—and rewarding—aspects of screenwriting. Great dialogue not only sounds natural, it also reveals character, advances the story, and ...
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How To Build Equity As A Screenwriter

In Hollywood, as in a number of businesses, contact equity is critical. The more of the right people you know, the more valuable your Rolodex is, and the more opportunities and power you have to ...
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