Posts Tagged with ‘TV’
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Why do some scripts sell, and some don’t?
14 Jan 2012Many people ask me if they should learn about selling and pitching scripts before they start writing, or after they’ve…
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How to land a top star and the BBC with one treatment
13 Sep 2011Most 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 2011Have 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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How long should your treatment be?
25 Aug 2011I've been running my Exciting Treatments workshop for over ten years now, and one of the first questions I'm asked is alway, How long is a treatment supposed to be?
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One question that will help you sell your script
03 Jul 2011What is the key question you need to ask to sell your script? The right question follows soon. First here's the wrong question.
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Why do we call them Screen – Plays?
03 Jun 2011Want your script to stand out from the crowd? Want it to be read from cover to cover and passed…
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Write as a Professional
17 May 2011I'm busy planning the Euroscript Professional Screenwriting Mini-Summer School (June 24-26), which is devoted to helping TV and cinema screenwriters develop their skills to a higher professional level - and I've been asking myself: what is it that makes the difference between a professional script and one that isn't?
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Want to enjoy writing treatments – find your voice
04 Feb 2011It'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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How not to sell your script
14 Jan 2011Last night I got a call from a company who I’d bought from before. The previous time, I spent good…
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Ways to be a Great Writer: #3
14 Dec 2010Today we have an attribute that I didn’t recognise for a long time. When great artists of all kinds are…
