6 techniques for making your writing visual
Good visual writing puts pictures in the head of the reader without them realising you’re doing it. Here are 8 ways of doing exactly that.
Why sometimes you have to write a bad scene
This may sound strange, but did you know that writing a good scene may not be right for your script – sometimes only a bad scene will do. This week I reached a climactic point…
How to become a better writer? You may be surprised by the answer.
They all say practice makes perfect. But does it help you become a better screenwriter? Maybe it doesn’t help as much as everyone thinks. Or maybe there’s another issue here that you need to address if you are going to succeed in movies or TV.
Writing Treatments – Get Out Of First Gear
Treatments are essential both for developing and for marketing your scripts – and yet many good screenwriters fail to write good treatments.
It took me a long time to realise why.