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This screenwriter’s tool is available free for all to us as they will. Written by screenwriter Tim Clague Click on it to bring it up full size in your browser. This can provide screenwriters with a guide to your work, not just the writing part, but the whole working process. Over 5,000 have already chosen [...]
Continue reading...Screenwriters advice; write here, write now.
20. February 2012
You will understand the play on words when you visit Lucy V Hay’s website to learn about screenplay writing. Rather than everyone getting together a long list of articles across many websites, this one stop location brings the newbie all they require. They contain an extensive collection of screenwriting articles required for new screenplay [...]
Continue reading...The play what I wrote
9. January 2009
It’s the classic comedy line endlessly repeated by Ernie Wise of (Eric) Morecombe and (Ernie) Wise fame, often used by straight man Ernie just as he’s trying to sell the idea of a short play to funny man Eric. The question these days is: How long should the play run? It terms of how many [...]
Continue reading...Screenplay adversary
18. November 2008
Your main antagonist is quite similar to your hero, except that they both have very different goals. It’s your adversary that causes your hero the main conflict in your screenplay. Your antagonist is usually a person, because it’s easier for your hero to be struggling against someone they can physically fight with, talk with and [...]
Continue reading...Character’s motivation and desire
15. November 2008
You often hear the public say ‘it’s the money’ when an actor asks the director what their motivation is for the scene they’re about to perform. That motivation has already been provided by the writer of the screenplay. If the writer has constructed correctly, the actor will know the character arc of their performance and [...]
Continue reading...Screenplay Copyright
11. November 2008
Don’t panic; people are not usually out to steal your screenplay writing. Screenplay writers will have heard of the need to copyright their work, often because they’re paranoid that unscrupulous individuals may wish to steal their work. It does happen, but it’s rare. Go and Google copyright theft and you won’t find too many live [...]
Continue reading...Writing scenes
10. November 2008
A full screenplay should be 90 to 110 pages if you want to match Hollywood’s expectations. It should have around 35-50 scenes, or in Blake Synder’s opinion (and his opinion is worth its weight in gold) it should have exactly 40 scenes. Save your three hour epic for your award winning second or third produced/released/in [...]
Continue reading...Screenplay Structure
8. November 2008
Referring to the cliché ‘if you fail to plan, you plan to fail’ sums up the screenplay writer’s needs for structure. Wail and scream all you like, but structure to your movie is all about planning. It’s essential and don’t believe you can miss out this important part of your writing process, even when you’re [...]
Continue reading...Screenplay writer’s fees
6. November 2008
Just what is a screenplay writer worth? Of course there is no easy answer. The writer that gets their script produced in a Halle Berry/Jodie Foster movie making over $200+ million profit is very different from the small indie film that sells a couple of thousand DVDs and just breaks into profit, with many movies [...]
Continue reading...Goal Setting Tips : End Goals vs Mean Goals
5. November 2008
Writers need to set themselves targets which they can judge themselves against. Here’s a helpful article from Ethan Beh, re-printed with full permission, which I hope will help. By Ethan Beh It is very important to set goals. Having a target helps you take action, focus on important things and prevents time and effort spent [...]
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