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Posts Tagged with ‘treatment’

  • Do’s and don’ts of submitting to agents

    30 Oct 2019

    SUBMITTING TO AGENTS Crime writer Dominique Hall has written to me for advice on sending a novel to an agent.…

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  • 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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  • How the gurus who teach “show don’t tell” could ruin your treatment

    09 Nov 2016

    All screenwriting gurus teach “Show don’t tell” – it’s one of the few things they all agree on. How can…

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  • The biggest synopsis mistake that writers make

    11 Feb 2015

    THE BIGGEST SYNOPSIS MISTAKE I see hundreds of treatments and synopses and most have clearly been slaved over by their…

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  • Four simple steps for writing a gripping treatment

    06 Feb 2013

    Do you find it difficult to structure a treatment so that it grips the reader as strongly as the full…

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  • Treatment writing tip: It’s not how much, it’s how little!

    04 Feb 2013

    OK, let’s face it, it can be tough writing a good treatment, cramming all the important events in a 99-120…

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  • Write with conviction in 2013

    02 Jan 2013

    The writers and filmmakers who work with determined conviction are the ones who will succeed in this industry.

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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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  • How you can use not knowing to write better scripts

    10 Jun 2012

    The strange realisation hit me the other day: the more I write, the less sure I become about all my theories about writing. One day, with luck, I'll be sure about nothing at all. This is not an argument for ignorance.

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  • Three Tips for Writing Treatments

    05 Feb 2012

    Writing a good, compelling, readable treatment is tough. It's difficult enough to write a script - but then to boil the whole thing down from 90+ pages to one or two...! However it's a crucial part of a screenwriter's job. Here are three of my top tips.

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