Screenwriter-to-Screenwriter.com » Screenwriting Resources http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com Screenwriting Tips from One Writer to Another Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Script Reader’s Top 10 Screenplay “Dos” http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/the-readers-top-10-screenplay-%e2%80%9cdos%e2%80%9d/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/the-readers-top-10-screenplay-%e2%80%9cdos%e2%80%9d/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:13:21 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=759 The following is a very basic list of items that get my attention as a script reader. If your script addresses each of these points, you’re probably doing a good job. I will be excited to read your script.

So, here we go, a list of my top 10 screenplay “dos” when reading:

DO keep your page [...]]]> http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/the-readers-top-10-screenplay-%e2%80%9cdos%e2%80%9d/feed/ 3 The Script Reader’s Top 5 Screenplay “Do Nots” http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/the-readers-top-5-screenplay-%e2%80%9cdo-nots%e2%80%9d/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/the-readers-top-5-screenplay-%e2%80%9cdo-nots%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:13:36 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=754 The following is a very basic list of items that do not impress me as a script reader and, more often than not, will get your script a resounding pass. If your script contains any of these points, consider rewriting before sending out.

So, here we go, a list of my top 5 screenplay peeves when [...]]]> http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/the-readers-top-5-screenplay-%e2%80%9cdo-nots%e2%80%9d/feed/ 17 Online Screenwriting Communities? http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/online-screenwriting-communities/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/online-screenwriting-communities/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:13:39 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=730 Since I was contacted within the past couple of weeks about two new Internet screenwriting communities launching, I thought I would weigh in. So, what is the deal with online screenwriting communities?

The online screenwriting community is sort of like a FaceBook for aspiring screenwriters. It’s an online virtual community where screenwriters can post their screenplays, [...]]]> http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/online-screenwriting-communities/feed/ 1 Screenwriter-to-Screenwriter.com Now on FaceBook http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/screenwriter-to-screenwritercom-now-on-facebook/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/screenwriter-to-screenwritercom-now-on-facebook/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:34:47 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=770 I just started the FaceBook Fan Page for this blog.

Please become a fan on FaceBook!

And stay tuned for more updates. We’re almost done with the new blog design and functionality.

Thanks for reading!

]]> http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/screenwriter-to-screenwritercom-now-on-facebook/feed/ 0 Example of How To Introduce Your Protagonist (Erin Brockovich) http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/example-of-how-to-introduce-your-protagonist/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/example-of-how-to-introduce-your-protagonist/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:13:23 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=728 One of my favorite scripts is “Erin Brockovich,” because I love the writing. It is abundantly clear, sparsely written, and dense with meaning. This script captures worlds of information with just a few simple, extremely well chosen words. To my mind, that is excellence in screenwriting.

Please read this excerpt of the opening of [...]]]> http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/example-of-how-to-introduce-your-protagonist/feed/ 0 Introduce Your Character to the Reader http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/introduce-your-character-to-the-reader/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/introduce-your-character-to-the-reader/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:13:52 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=721 Now that we’re heading back into competition season for 2010, I am going to revisit the most important aspects of the screenplay, and in some cases I will try to link to examples of how they’re done correctly.

I just read a pile of scripts and only one of the writers bothered to introduce me to [...]]]> http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/introduce-your-character-to-the-reader/feed/ 7 **CALL FOR SCREENPLAY ENTRIES** 17th Annual Austin Film Festival http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/call-for-screenplay-entries-17th-annual-austin-film-festival/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/call-for-screenplay-entries-17th-annual-austin-film-festival/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:56:18 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=745 FYI From the Austin Film Festival:

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL IS ACCEPTING 2010 SCREENPLAY/TELEPLAY ENTRIES!

WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING SCREENPLAY SUBMISSIONS ONLINE!

{SCREENPLAY COMPETITION} Screenplay Categories:

DRAMA (Historical, Western, Drama, Family, Romance, Horror, Thriller, etc.)

COMEDY (Dark, Satirical, Slapstick, yadda, yadda, yadda)

There are also TWO additional categories to enter. To be considered for either the Latitude Productions Award or the Sci-Fi [...]]]> http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/call-for-screenplay-entries-17th-annual-austin-film-festival/feed/ 0 Hawking Oneself in the Golden Ambition of Writing http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/hawking-oneself-in-the-golden-ambition-of-writing/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/hawking-oneself-in-the-golden-ambition-of-writing/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:50:01 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=708 So, my new favorite blog is InternSpills.

Who is THE INTERN? THE INTERN is the unpaid toiler on the publishing house floor, licking stamps, reading slush, and copy-editing your train-wreck of a manuscript (for free) because the “real” copyeditor is down with the genital crabs.

I love The Intern because she is not unlike the Hollywood [...]]]> http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/hawking-oneself-in-the-golden-ambition-of-writing/feed/ 0 Ten Rules for Writing Fiction http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction/ http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/2010/02/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:19:10 +0000 Monica http://www.screenwriter-to-screenwriter.com/?p=706 Inspired by Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing, The Guardian asked authors for their personal dos and don’ts.

Part One of the article from The Guardian.

Click here for Part Two of the article.

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It’s an effects-driven, dual-reality horror set in New England.

Read Jeff’s interview with the Innsmouth Free Press.

Congratulations, Jeff!

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