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Posts Tagged with ‘screenwriter’

  • How to become a better writer? You may be surprised by the answer.

    21 Jun 2011

    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.

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  • Why do we call them Screen – Plays?

    03 Jun 2011

    Want your script to stand out from the crowd? Want it to be read from cover to cover and passed…

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  • A Clever, Sneaky Way To Hide Exposition

    26 May 2011

    The 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.

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  • Modelling for Writers (not like Naomi Campbell)

    15 Mar 2011

    Few books on writing ever deal with the mental game of writing, but getting your mental game right is crucial. Today's post gives you one of the most powerful and far-reaching tools I've discovered for getting better at anything.

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  • Want to enjoy writing treatments – find your voice

    04 Feb 2011

    It's true screenplays don't offer a great variety of style or voice - but that doesn't apply to treatments, synopses and outlines. There are far fewer style rules for such outlines of your story.

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  • The Horrific Sentence

    24 Jun 2010

    You know, I firmly believe that at the heart of many - possibly all - genres there is a single sentence. There is certainly one at the heart of all Horror movies, and I'll tell you what it is in a moment, but first I have to go into a few things to make it clear.

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  • Writing Treatments – Get Out Of First Gear

    20 Jan 2010

    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.

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