Screenwriter Blog Posts
Stop Telling Your Idea: 3 Levels of Character DNA to Revolutionize How You Show Not Tell
Beyond the Surface: Is Your Character’s Truth in Their DNA? In screenwriting, the mantra “Show, Don’t Tell” is often treated as a simple instruction to ...
Great Sources of Good Story Ideas
Where do good story ideas for a screenplay come from? It could be anywhere! As a screenwriter, it’s a good idea to always be tuned ...
Using a Screenplay Theme to Attract a Movie Star
Every screenwriter who sits down to his copy of Final Draft and begins typing a screenplay has the ambition of writing a great screenplay with ...
5 Tips on Choosing a Script Analyst — Warning You Could Choose One Who Knows Less Than You!
Most writers realize that when they finish their screenplay, at some point, they will need to get a script analysis / consultation. There are probably ...
Market To Producers, Agents, or Managers First?
https://smartg.com/wp-content/uploads/wr-images/PD-AG-MG-First-FINAL.mp3 If you’re ready to market your screenplay, it’s likely you’ll plan to follow the advice of what most other industry professionals will tell ...
Literary Agent Or Literary Manager For Screenwriters?
Once you finish your screenplay, you have to get it out to the market to find an agent or manager, but most screenwriters don't know ...
Screenwriting 101 — The Basics
by Brigette Schoenung At Smart Girls, screenwriters at every level of their craft contact us, from beginners to professional writers who have had their scripts ...
Proven Strategies for Selling a Screenplay Through Effective Email Queries
Crafting an effective email query to pitch your screenplay to try to sell it is a vital step in capturing the attention of production companies ...
7 Common Script Formatting Mistakes to Avoid
Formatting your screenplay the right way is a barrier-to-entry. It’s one of those things you want to get right simply so that the script reader ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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