Writing for Film and TV
Photo by Jed Villejo. jedvillejo.squarespace.com Rewriting Your TV Pilot from First Draft to Second Draft: 10 Important Things Written by Martie Cook You’ve finished the first draft of your television pilot. And you’re feeling pretty good. Chances are you can’t wait to get those pages off of your …
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Written by Sherri Sheridan Avatar is the new Star Wars for this generation of digital filmmakers. The visual fourth wall was shattered inviting the audience to be in the film they are watching during a 3D IMAX type viewing experience. As a filmmaker and writer, you now have to consider …
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How to Avoid 6 Major Blunders and Elevate Your Screenplay Now Don’t Let Your Ideas Fall by the Wayside Written by Paula Brancato In my career as producer and script developer, I have read over 5,000 screenplays. So many promising concepts fall by the wayside because of errors that a …
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Photo by William Bayreuther. Filmmaker and Photographer from Montreal, CAD. Instagram @Bayreuther.w Create Realistic Dialogue Now: 17 Fast Tips Get Your Conversations Rolling Written by Sherri Sheridan Keep the audience hungry for dialogue, using it only when you absolutely cannot show something visually. The more dialogue you use in …
Written by Merridith Allen A query letter is a very simple introduction, and a pitch, from you to a potential buyer, collaborator, or champion of your project, and/or you as a writer. So, writing query letters is all about access. The goal of writing a query letter is to create …
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Pictured above: Scene from film, “Jumanji”. What I’ve Learned By Jim Strain Here are six things I’ve learned over the years as a screenwriter. PERSISTENCE IS PARAMOUNT The patron saint of all screenwriters should be Wile E. Coyote. Persistence is the most important element in forging a career. “No” …
Building & Revealing Character Simple but powerful tools for building fascinating characters and revealing their inner truth Written by Dave Trottier I get Dr. Format questions flung at me every day it seems, and many of the questions have nothing to do with formatting. For example, here’s one I …
Casting for Writing Written by Jon Zelazny My first real crack at professional screenwriting was assisting the writer, the director, and the producer of the HBO film, TYSON, a fight biopic based on the book, FIRE AND FEAR, by Jose Torres. HBO in the nineties was the go-to port …
Photo by Štefan Štefančík. Follow Instagram @stefancikphotography. Is Your Script Ready for Its Close-Up? Written by Christina Hamlett Writing is—and has always been—a solitary craft. As such, it’s hard sometimes to know if your latest script is a hit or a miss until someone else gets their eyes …
Don’t Get It Right, Get It Written: The Only Real Rule of Scriptwriting Written by Matthew Cooper If you want to be a scriptwriter, you need to write a lot of rubbish scripts, and all scriptwriters starting out will write a LOT of rubbish scripts. It’s the only …
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