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Hundreds of observations about the craft from professional screenwriters.Abrams, J.J.: “The idea that this world we know isn’t just this world we know but that a package might arr...
“I think that much of good screenwriting is about carpentry.Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Each scene must be a drama in itself. The whole picture must be made up of a series of small dramas. This makes the completed picture a…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Every scene has to be doing something. It has to be moving the story along, peeling off a layer of the onion so to speak. The goal in its…
“It is the task of the screenwriter to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“One of the most important feats in screenwriting is to convey exposition not only without it appearing to be exposition, but also without…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
It's funny, when I run into problems with my screenplays in terms of how to write a scene or how to make it engaging, I often turn to the movies I think did it best and seek out th...
“Every scene has to be doing something. It has to be moving the story along, peeling off a layer of the onion so to speak. The goal in its…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“It’s a simple thing… If you want to make a feature film, you get ideas for 70 scenes. Put them on 3-by-5 cards. As soon as you have 70…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Get it done, nothing else…
“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Get it done, nothing else…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
It’s one thing to write a script. It’s another thing to understand the craft.Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Forget every rule Syd Field, Robert McKee or any other screenwriting guru ever taught you. Except one: Never be boring.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Packing the house was the primary and foremost concern for Shakespeare.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Two years ago, I ran an open call for horror film scripts through my company, Apple Park Films. With a feature film almost at picture lock after feedback from our test screenings,...
“All right, let me try an example. A story about a guy who’s been a bootlegger and a gunman who’s retiring to a rural part of the Midwest…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Theoretically, perfectly, what one wants to do is put the protagonist and the audience in exactly the same position. The main question in…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“I suggest that everyone get Francis Ferguson’s edition of Aristotle’s Poetics. Read it once — it’ll make the point — and then retire to…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Written by Alison PeckContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Allan Scott, based on the book by Roald DahlContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
Every filmmaker knows the feeling. The script is finished. The story is on the page. The characters are alive. For The post The Script Is Done. Now the Real Work Begins. appeared f...
When your movie officially starts production, that can trigger a writer’s payday.Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. They must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love and…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Brian Selznick based upon his novelContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
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