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POSTED IN Featured, Guest Contributions, Screenwriting Life ON Jul 31, 2010
My Writing Journey
The Story Department is a platform for sharing screenwriting insights and writing tips but we also regularly publish stories of writers at the...
POSTED IN Book Reviews, Featured, Story & Structure ON Jul 29, 2010
Writing Drama (9)
Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack Brislee. To give you the opportunity to...
POSTED IN Featured, Video ON Jul 28, 2010
Writing Ozu with Sake
Thank you to FilmmakerIQ.com for this clip from the 1983 documentary I Lived But … The Life and Works of Yasujiro Ozu. It features interviews...
POSTED IN Featured, Script Check, Script Perfection ON Jul 28, 2010
In Late, Out Early
When Goldman wrote “get in late and leave early”, he was not talking about how you watch a bad movie. He meant screenwriters should keep...
POSTED IN Featured, MM on Monday ON Jul 26, 2010
Sex in Screenwriting (2)
George Bernard Shaw once wrote “A pornographic novelist is one who exploits the sexual instinct as a prostitute does. A legitimate sex novel...
POSTED IN Best of the Web, Featured ON Jul 25, 2010
Best o/t Web 25 Jul 10
:: Wizard of Oz, a flop? Since when? :: My project sold in Hollywood! Except it’s not my project, it’s my project’s evil twin. ::...
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Writing Drama (9)
Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack...
Script Perfection
In Late, Out Early
When Goldman wrote “get in late and leave early”, he was not talking about how you watch a bad...
Pitching & Selling
The Screenwriter’s ...
You sweated and slogged for months to perfect the script. You’ve fought and bled another few months...
Screenplays from Estonia
It’s 4 AM. I am not writing. I am waiting. It’s that feeling of nervous energy contrasted with heavy...
Writing Drama (8)
Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack...
Video: John August on Screenwriting
John August’s blog rocks. Seeing and hearing him talk about his work is even more inspiring. Here is a great,...
Structure: Toy Story 2
The second movie in the Toy Story trilogy resonates with me the most. Toy Story 3 builds on it thematically, far more...
Sex in Screenwriting (1)
posted on: Jul 19, 2010 | author: Karel Segers
Let’s skip the introductions and go straight to the sex, shall we? Because I have a few questions for all you virgin screenwriters out there. How...
Best o/t Web 18 Jul
posted on: Jul 18, 2010 | author: Solmaaz
:: Let the music inspire you. :: Act three: the final showdown. :: Meeting an agent, the writer is the girl in the relationship. :: Questions of...
A Screenwriting Trilemma
posted on: Jul 17, 2010 | author: Karel Segers
To complete the journey, the Hero often overcomes a dilemma. I’ll show you – the screenwriter – a dilemma you may have never been...
Writing Drama (7)
posted on: Jul 15, 2010 | author: Karel Segers
Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack Brislee. To give you the opportunity to...
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