Posts Tagged with ‘writer’
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Why sometimes you have to write a bad scene
20 Apr 2012This may sound strange, but did you know that writing a good scene may not be right for your script…
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Stuck? A simple way to get your work moving.
09 Mar 2012Here's a deceptively simple method for literally getting your work to move forwards - but don't be fooled. Like many simple ideas it can be profoundly useful. It works for all kinds of screenwriting, and other creative work, and also for problems in directing and producing.
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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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Just one trick for screenwriting success
16 Aug 2011How can the most successful video on YouTube help you find screenwriting success?
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If you want to sell your script, don’t get stuck on the bridge
26 Jul 2011IS YOUR SCRIPT STUCK ON THE BRIDGE? Back from holiday, I’ve been thinking about a massive underpublicised reason why far…
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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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Get it rite, not written
01 Apr 2011Most people understand if a few typos or stylistic solecisms slip through in an email or (perish the thought) in a blog post. These are informal media. But a treatment or script is different. Unlike other forms of writing, they can easily contain hidden traps.
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Plan now for Cannes
09 Mar 2011Cannes is the biggie: a week at Cannes is worth a year at film school. And there's things you'll learn there that you'll never learn at school. But if you're going this year, you need to start preparing now. My biggest tip is this. Don't underestimate the value of the work you do during this time.
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Canaletto, Gaugin, Cezanne, Dickens and Screenwriting
26 Jan 2011I managed to get to three of the biggest exhibitions in town this January – Canaletto, Gaugin, Cezanne – and…
