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Posts Tagged with ‘success’

  • 7 steps that make a satisfying ending

    17 May 2019

    7 steps that make a satisfying ending In 2000 the movie What Lies Beneath opened to mixed reviews. Despite a…

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  • Six Things You Need To Know About Treatments

    03 Nov 2012

    If you want to write for film or TV, then treatments, outlines, synopses (the terms are interchangeable in the industry) are something you have to get good at. And to write good treatments there are six things you'll need to know.

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  • Good movie? Where did it come from?

    11 Jan 2012

    Cameron wants us to make blockbusters. David Cameron, that is, not James. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9006675/Ken-Loach-pouring-lottery-money-into-blockbusters-is-a-travesty.html Speaking as a film director, and director…

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  • Writing successfully in a recession

    15 Nov 2011

    I’m thinking a good deal about creativity at the moment, as I prepare for the launch of my next novel.…

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  • How to land a top star and the BBC with one treatment

    13 Sep 2011

    Most people hate writing treatments. Not me, I love them. This is how I used a treatment to hook a top star comedian and the BBC in just five pages - and how you can too.

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  • Want to succeed? Maybe do the opposite.

    30 Aug 2011

    Have you heard of Kelly Marcel? If not yet, you soon will. You'll probably, if you're like me, be deeply and painfully jealous. And something she said recently might teach us something important.

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  • Just one trick for screenwriting success

    16 Aug 2011

    How can the most successful video on YouTube help you find screenwriting success?

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  • 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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  • How not to sell your script

    14 Jan 2011

    Last night I got a call from a company who I’d bought from before. The previous time, I spent good…

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  • Writers’ Resolutions

    30 Dec 2010

    Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? To start that script? Or finish it? To start selling the novel you…

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