Formatting, Technique The Screenwriter’s Guide to Page One Learn how to perfect the most important page of your screenplay: page one. First impressions count, especially so in screenwriting….
Character Development How to Use Myers-Briggs to Develop Authentic, Compelling Characters in a Screenplay
Interview, Podcast ‘Tease Those Ideas’: Lessons from the Writer of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ What do you do when you hit a brick wall while writing? For Ruben Santiago-Hudson – writer of Ma Rainey’s…
Story, Technique The Queen’s English: How ‘The Crown’ Helps You Write Better Dialogue Film and television are inherently visual mediums. An audience will always come away from a screening having enjoyed the spectacle…
Productivity 10 Ways to Come Up With Screenwriting Ideas All stories start with an idea. An idea’s the seed out of which all else grows. However, sometimes it’s difficult…
Product Guide, Productivity 3 Screenwriting Productivity Hacks to Finish Your Script There’s an oft-repeated mantra that writing = butt on chair. But actually sitting down to write on a schedule, and…
Story Make MacGuffins Great Again! Modern triple A blockbuster films suffer with a MacGuffin problem. The trope was coined by screenwriter Angus MacPhail but was…
Formatting, Story Should your story be a Feature, a TV Pilot, or a Short Film? Although conventional wisdom indicates that outlining your story is the first step in the screenwriting process, I want to dig…
Productivity, Technique How to Write a Second Draft Learn how to begin writing the second draft of your script by cutting ruthlessly, finding what’s truly important about your script, and implementing notes.
Technique How to Write Dialogue for the Screen Writing great dialogue for the screen is about knowing what you want every line to accomplish, and how you can better transmit your message.
Story Save The Cat – An Overview Learn about Blake Snyder’s ‘Save the Cat’, how it helps screenwriters, how to use its famous beat sheet, and whether it’s really as all-encompassing as it makes out.
