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POSTED IN Book Reviews, Featured ON Sep 2, 2010
Screenwriting: Writing Drama (14)
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 Sep 1, 2010
Video: Animal Kingdom
One of the most highly acclaimed Australian films of recent years and definitely the only one I have been looking forward to see after continuing...
POSTED IN Featured, Story & Structure ON Aug 31, 2010
Learn From My Mistakes
Recently a thought occurred to me. Two of the short films I produced each have the exact same story problem. I will explain it to you, so you have no...
POSTED IN Featured, MM on Monday ON Aug 30, 2010
The Serial Killer Hero
How should a writer handle a story in which the protagonist is a serial killer? It’s an interesting dilemma, isn’t it? Because every...
POSTED IN Best of the Web, Featured ON Aug 29, 2010
Best o/t Web 29 Aug
:: Character flaws: mistakes must be earned! :: Polishing your treatment, some advice. :: The real story on rewriting: get the big picture. :: James...
POSTED IN Featured, Guest Contributions ON Aug 27, 2010
You Can’t Write This
You’re a writer, right? At least you’re in some way intrigued by the movie industry or else you wouldn’t be here. So, you’ve...
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Learn From My Mistakes
Recently a thought occurred to me. Two of the short films I produced each have the exact same story...
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
Michael Wiese teaches scr...
Most questions I receive from screenwriters are about how and where to pitch. In fairness, their scripts are...
Screenwriting: Writing Drama (13)
Yves Lavandier’s book Writing Drama currently rates as the absolute favorite of our book reviewer Jack...
Video: Joss Whedon
This weekend Joss Whedon talks at the Sydney Opera House and I thought it would be a good reason to show a short clip...
Structure: Inception
It’s by far the most talked-about movie of the year, because of its high concept and intelligent execution. The...
Sex in Screenwriting (6)
In Boys Don’t Cry, you may recall the moment when Teena is arrested and in jail Candace discovers her secret. Then...
Best o/t Web 22 Aug
posted on: Aug 22, 2010 | author: Solmaaz
:: Joss Whedon discusses Captain America :: Facebook meddles with Social Network script :: In praise of Toy Story 3 (and Pixar as a whole) ::...
Structure: Elephant In The Room (3)
posted on: Aug 20, 2010 | author: Karel Segers
The physical structure of screenplays does “the carrying” up on the surface or plot level in any grouping of components which the writer deems...
Writing Drama (12)
posted on: Aug 20, 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...
Video: Save The Cat
posted on: Aug 19, 2010 | author: Karel Segers
If you’ve heard of Blake Snyder but never read any of his books, you might wonder what that Save The Cat phrase really is about. Using four...
Sex in Screenwriting (5)
posted on: Aug 16, 2010 | author: Karel Segers
Okay, a couple of thoughts about Eyes Wide Shut. We know that with Kubrick, his movies aren’t always about the lead character’s journey. He...
Best o/t Web 15 Aug
posted on: Aug 15, 2010 | author: Karel Segers
:: The future of Story in Bollywood. :: Writing with a partner. :: “310″ the secret to screenwriting success. :: Screenwriting is like...
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