If you beat out movies while you’re watching them to see how they work, you might think there’s something to the whole formula thing. There is, partly. Eventually. But it doesn’t have anything to do with developing your story, or even writing your script. Here’s a story: Writer friend gets a great idea. Whips out…
Read moreREALLY HAVE YOUR PROTAG MAKE SOME NOISE
Honestly, if your character can accomplish everything they set out to do without leaving any sign of a struggle…it really wasn’t that important.
Read moreOH, HAVE YOU WRITTEN ANY MOVIES I’VE SEEN?
AND THE SUBPLOTS JUST KEEP COMING
YOUR INCITING INCIDENT
MAJOR CHARACTER ARRIVES ON PAGE 45
METICULOUSLY DESCRIBED SEX SCENES
optimusoap said: Sorry if I sound naive, but do you/script readers get THAT many bad scripts? Absolutely! Screenwriting is a bear. A grizzly bear. It is so easy to write a bad script that everybody does it.
Read moreNew York Women in Film & Television: Notes from a Screenreader
New York Women in Film & Television: Notes from a Screenreader nywift: photo via Go Into the Story A vast majority of spec scripts submitted to competitions open with mundane images. It seems like a logical choice. Establishing normal life is an explicit instruction in many structure templates. Filmmakers often open with shots of unremarkable…
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