Posts Tagged with ‘screenplay’
Why do we call them Screen – Plays?
03 Jun 2011Want your script to stand out from the crowd? Want it to be read from cover to cover and passed…
A Clever, Sneaky Way To Hide Exposition
26 May 2011The ability to handle exposition really sorts the professionals from the wannabes, and I'm going to share one of my top exposition techniques with you here.
How not to sell your script
14 Jan 2011Last night I got a call from a company who I’d bought from before. The previous time, I spent good…
Planning to write over the holidays? Here’s a Christmas tip.
22 Dec 2010Many writers put aside time to write over the holidays. It can be a great idea, and it can also…
How to be a screenwriting success – Not just 10,000 hours part 2
15 Nov 2010All great artists – writers, film-makers, musicians, etc – think outside the box. They learn the rules, and then they learn to master them and break them. They break them so effectively that they make new rules for others to keep.
Tips from Linda Aronson
12 Nov 2010It was great seeing so many people last night at Euroscript for the conversation I had with Linda Aronson (writer…
The 21st Century Screenplay
10 Nov 2010One of my all-time favourite screenwriting books has been Linda Aronson’s Screenwriting Updated – and now she’s updated it! The…
A surprising way to become a Great Writer
21 Jul 2010What is it that makes a great writer great? What can we learn from them and hope to emulate? OK, it's that time of year and maybe the heat's got to me, but I'm starting a list - my Top Ten Attributes displayed by the greatest writers - those I admire and honour. I don't mean that they use or don't use adverbs or three act structure. This is much more personal. And like every list it is totally fallible and biased and mainly intended to annoy, irritate and make people foam at the mouth.
Writing Treatments – Get Out Of First Gear
20 Jan 2010Treatments 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.
