The reality of being a screenwriter is that you’ll be getting notes from everyone on the planet and your mother about how to write your script – and ideally should smile in breezy congeniality while doing it, even if every ounce of your beingness wants to punch them in the face. The best way to […]
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Screenwriting Basics: The Reader’s Perspective
By Monica on April 19, 2009 in Character, Formatting, Genre, Location, Logical World, Story, Uncategorized
So, you wrote a script. You’ve birthed the baby. You’re feeling awesome. You tell yourself repeatedly, “I rock!” – since nobody else is going to. Then you send your script out – and that rock comes hurling back toward the earth faster than you can blink. Following is a list of some things to consider […]
From One Screenwriter to Another…
There’s an adage in Los Angeles that everyone has a script. If you’ve ever been out during the middle of the day – when people should be working, but yet the coffee house is packed – you get the creeping feeling that this is true. And a major bummer for anyone trying to break into […]