Monthly Archives: January 2011

Doing it the Techno Way

Posted on January 31, 2011 by princessscribe

Microblog today. I’ll be a guest contributor at the Save the Cat! blogsite this Friday, sharing some thoughts about how to expand your STC! beats: The Beats Go On. Until then…. well. I ran across this today, and I knew … Continue reading →

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It’s Not a Script – Part 3

Posted on January 26, 2011 by princessscribe

You have nurtured your script lovingly. You have learned to not protect your characters. You have built arcs, engineered jaw-dropping twists. You have written and rewritten. Your feedback is incorporated. You have typed FADE TO BLACK for the very last … Continue reading →

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The Helicopter Writer

Posted on January 17, 2011 by princessscribe

Do you hover around your characters incessantly? Do you place them in danger – but not enough? Do you strive to protect them from their own foibles and weaknesses? Do you love them so much, that the world’s refusal to … Continue reading →

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Your Script Needs More Cowbell

Posted on January 11, 2011 by princessscribe

A few weeks ago, I posted a series of blogs on why your script is most likely not a script. Not yet. Later, we talked about the essential of embracing the rewrite – or, to be honest, the rewrites – … Continue reading →

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Resolve!

Posted on January 1, 2011 by princessscribe

2011 has been upon us for seven hours and forty-six minutes Pacific Standard Time, and, I am happy to say (cribbed from east coast filmmaker Seth Ruffer) that I have managed to keep all of my resolutions – thus far. … Continue reading →

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