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Tag Archives: Screenplay
It’s Not a Script – Part 3
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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Tagged Actors, Blake Snyder, Dialogue, Hollywood, Romany Malco, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Story, story structure, Table read, Theatre, Will Akers, writing
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Your Script Needs More Cowbell
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
Resolve!
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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Tagged Hollywood, Procrastination, rewrite, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, Script Chat, writing
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Book Review – The Starter Screenplay
Earlier this year, I had the immense pleasure of sitting down for a cup of coffee with Adam Levenberg, author of The Starter Screenplay. Levenberg is one of Hollywood’s top script consultants. He brings his years of experience in the industry … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Levenberg, Blake Snyder, film, Hitchcock, Hollywood, Save the Cat, Screenplay, Screenwriting, Val Lewton, writing
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Blockheads Part 2: The Found Object
A few weeks ago, I posted an article on the most virulent of scribal ills, that nasty little bug known as Writer’s Block. Today, I’d like to talk about a tool that may help you, dearest ladies and lords, overcome … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Kaufman, film, Hollywood, Robert McKee, Roger Ebert, Screenplay, Screenwriting, writing, Your Screenplay Sucks
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There’s a New Studio in Town…. Sort of
Last week, the wires were all abuzz post press-release announcement of the new whizbang screenplay/film competition opp – the formation of Amazon Studios. From Amazon Studios homepage: Sounds good…. or does it? I’m not so certain that I would encourage anyone to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake Snyder, contests, Hollywood, Outliers, Save the Cat, Screenplay, screenplays, Screenwriting, 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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