I know that the title of this blog seems to be a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised at how many people seem to forget about the principle of conflict driving the drama. Without conflict there is no story. I have had a couple of recent clients who have both had to deal with this same …
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An interesting article I found on writing scenes
Like any other article, it has some good points and some you should take with a grain of salt. Everyone should write in his or her own way, but there are certainly some helpful pointers in here. http://nofilmschool.com/2014/07/infographic-john-august-writing-a-scene/
Today’s Movie Quote – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.” Screenplay by Steve Kloves
The Romantic Comedy: More To It Than You Think
With Valentine’s Day having just passed, I got to thinking about love stories, and specifically the Romantic Comedy, or RomCom as they’re often referred to in Development offices. RomCom’s are a dime a dozen, and are generally dismissed as so much fluff. There have certainly been plenty of RomComs that merely served as vehicles for …
The Holidays Are Over. Time To Get Back To Work
Now that we’re through the holiday season and all of the presents have been opened and all of the eggnog has been drunk, it’s time to focus like a laser on the new year and what you want to accomplish in 2014. I’m not talking about New Years Resolutions, which have a success rate …
Screenwriting | The Thong Bikini of Prose
Writing a screenplay goes against everything that we were taught in our high school and middle school English classes. We were taught to describe people and things using every adjective under the sun. We were told to elucidate in a manner that paints a clear picture in the mind of the reader as to what …
Screenwriting: The Thong Bikini of Prose
Writing a screenplay goes against everything that we were taught in our high school and middle school English classes. We were taught to describe people and things using every adjective under the sun. We were told to elucidate in a manner that paint a clear picture in the mind of the reader as to what …
Love Your Work Enough to Completely Change It
A while back I posted a blog suggesting that writers should love their characters enough to make them flawed. I’ve read a lot of scripts and I’ve seen plenty of writers who fall in love with their characters to the point where they try to make them as perfect as possible and keep them from …
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5 Things to do to avoid getting a “Pass” from a studio reader
I used to be a studio reader, so I was the first (and last) gate keeper that a lot of scripts encountered at that studio. I would read several scripts per week and had to determine whether most of them should be considered or passed on. I never wanted to read a bad script and …