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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Think Like a Playwright
The experience of sitting on Sunday’s panel at IFFF is still resonating and reverberating deep within me. One thing that startled me was the reaction of the audience, in regard to my sharing that our team is currently bypassing representation … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, film, Hollywood, movies, Playwright, Procrastination, rewrite, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Script Chat, Story, story structure, WGA, Write On, writing
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IFFF Wrap-Up
Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to sit on a screenwriting panel at the International Family Film Festival. The panel was titled “Sold! Getting Your Screenplay Sold and Produced”… but it ended up being so much more than that. Perhaps it … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Sorkin, coverage, film, Hollywood, Paddy Chayefsky, rewrite, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Story, story structure, writing
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Action!
Last week, I ranted about various reasons why a script may not survive market. One of of the biggest challenges a screenwriter faces is overwriting. It’s a common occurrence; ye gods, my first screenplay? Stinky. Overwritten to excess. Filled with … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, lines of action, Oscar Wilde, overwriting, Save the Cat, Screenplay, Screenwriting, Write On, writing
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Page Turning
“It’s a page-turner!” That’s what we say when we read the latest New York Times best-seller. A page-turner. Gripping. Addictive. Leaving the reader unable to put the book down until s/he reaches the phrase “The End.” Why, oh why, do … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage, film, Final Draft, Hollywood, Page turner, Screenplay, Screenwriting, story structure, WGA, writing
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Characters Count
I was speaking with an aspiring screenwriter the other day, who was reading one of my favorite books on screenwriting. She said, “Why should I pay attention to anything he says? He doesn’t have any credits on IMDb.” Oy. Credits … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Nolan, Debra Eckerling, Kevin Smith, Natalie Portman, Paddy Chayefsky, Save the Cat, Screenwriting, Script, Story, Write On
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Winding It Up
Ah, pitch season approacheth. That time of year when screenwriters ’round the globe spend their hard-earned dollars on that oh-so-tantalizing event, the pitch fest. What is a pitch fest? Simply put, it is a happening at which writers cough up … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, Charlie Sheen, film, Hollywood, movies, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Story, writing
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