Tag Archives: Screenwriting
- September 2, 2008
- "How To Think Sideways" course for writers– also tagged book, Characters, novel, publishing, Writing
If you are an aspiring writer, you need to check out Holly Lisle's new writing course, How To Think Sideways: Career Survival School for Writers. It is a six-month class offered entirely online, and it covers an immense range of material. One of the students even referred to it as "grad school for writers", and [...]
- August 14, 2008
- Don't Let These Problems Ruin Your Screenplay– also tagged format, screenplay, script
Writing visually is not only about crafting words that flow smoothly and evoke vivid imagery. It is also about not including words that detract from that imagery or interrupt the flow. The screenwriter's goal is to create a script in which the writing flows so smoothly the reader becomes part of the story, watching it [...]
- July 31, 2008
- Using White Space to Help Your Words Flow– also tagged format, screenplay, script
Resisting the urge to include extensive detail when writing a screenplay as you would when writing a novel is a difficult challenge for a screenwriter to overcome. Most writers who choose the screenwriting field do so because they think in film — they imagine their stories unfolding shot by shot, scene by scene, image by [...]
- July 27, 2008
- Five Ways to Turn Off a Hollywood Script Reader– also tagged film, Hollywood, movie, screenplay, script
You may have written the most riveting piece of dramatic work in existence to date. Your dialogue may be perfect. Your characters may seem so real they beg to jump right off the page. Your story may rival those of Oscar-winning screenplays. It might even be so good as to put those stories to shame, [...]
