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Tag Archives: coverage
ExecuSpeak – A Traveler’s Guide
Working your way through Hollywood is like traveling in a foreign land in which you do not speak the language. Babelfish is woefully behind the times in regard to ExecuSpeak; I’ve yet to find an Executive to English dictionary. Therefore, … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage, development, film, Hollywood, Horror, movies, Pitch, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script, Story, Studios, Theatre, Write On
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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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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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It’s Not a Script – Part 2
Let’s continue the conversation… You’ve meticulously crafted your BS2 outline. You’ve fleshed it out into 40 beats, then, with great care, expanded each one of your beats, tracking each beat as it propels into the next. You’ve honed your story, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alien, Blake Snyder, BS2, coverage, Hollywood, Josh Olsen, Save the Cat, Screenplay, Screenwriting, writing
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