Posts Tagged with ‘TV’
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Five things they don’t tell you about screenplay structure
25 Apr 2014There’s a great deal of hot air talked about screenplay structure – much more than about any other area of…
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Seven ways of writing dialogue that stands out from the crowd
19 Apr 2014I received an email this week from a novelist who wanted to learn more about becoming a screenwriter and in…
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If you want to write for cinema, learn to multi-task
13 Aug 2013TO WRITE FOR CINEMA, MULTI-TASK Everything in a well-constructed cinema script carries out two, three or even more tasks. There’s…
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6 techniques for making your writing visual
10 Jul 2013Good visual writing puts pictures in the head of the reader without them realising you're doing it. Here are 8 ways of doing exactly that.
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Four simple steps for writing a gripping treatment
06 Feb 2013Do 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 2013OK, 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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3 Ways to Make Sure Your Script Stands Out
09 Jan 2013Despite what most writers think, most scripts fail to sell not because they are too different, but because they are…
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Six Things You Need To Know About Treatments
03 Nov 2012If 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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Three things you need to improve your script sales
28 Aug 2012IMPROVE YOUR SCRIPT SALES Back from hols and the first thing on my to-do list is to go out and…
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Three Tips for Writing Treatments
05 Feb 2012Writing 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.
