Posts Tagged with ‘story’
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Wave Your Wooden Leg
02 Dec 2010Here’s a screenwriting tip that will make your life so much easier. And before I get to it, just a…
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The secret of telling a gripping true story
29 Nov 2010A true story can be a massive elephant trap. I know, I’ve fallen in more than once. Like pebbles straight…
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Ways to be a Great Writer: #2
22 Nov 2010No writer can survive without it. It's that crucial device that sits just between your ears and tells you when you're coming up with crap.
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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…
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The Kindest Cut
07 Oct 2010Here's a tip that will work for just about every script, novel, short story, short film, movie or TV series.
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How to make a drama out of a story
20 Sep 2010Having a problem writing a drama script? Do you find it's full of wonderful character development but somehow it just doesn't come together? Or you like it but your story isn't getting across to the people who read it?
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Write treatments with style
01 Sep 2010I've written before that good screenwriters often get tangled up writing treatments. One major reason is that they are simply using the wrong style.
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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.
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How to create a great structure – and avoid the decoration
31 Mar 2010Don't get hung up on the Acts and Pinch Points, and don't ignore them either. The structure of your script is how you tell your story in the most enthralling way...
