Screenwriting Tag Cloud Results for "character"

Screenwriter and script consultant Trevor Mayes discusses the proper use of parentheticals in your screenplay.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this classic "movie moment" from Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Writer, producer and author Hal Croasmun gives you some great tips to improve your writing and get your script sold.

Writer and licensed therapist Dan J. Marder offers some sage advice on how to take the opening of your action script to another level.

Marilyn offers great advice on how to use New Year's Eve to raise the stakes in your screenplay.

Marilyn offers some great advice on how to properly plan your script by outlining your story.

Marilyn offers advice on how to improve your script by putting yourself in the shoes of one of your story's key characters.

Freelance writer Brian Konradt gives some great pointers on how to be a successful screenwriter.

How to successfully adapt a novel into a movie script.

Marilyn gives some great advice on how to get inspiration for your next screenplay.

Marilyn explains how creating a strong backstory can help the writing of your protagonist and screenplay.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this exciting scene from James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this great "Movie Moment" from the opening sequence of Back To The Future.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful "Movie Moment" from Ridley Scott's classic Blade Runner.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful "TV moment" from Breaking Bad.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this great "Movie Moment" from the hilarious Bridesmaids.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful scene from Captain Phillips.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful "Movie Moment" from Charlie Wilson's War.

Screenwriter and author Jennifer van Sijll discusses the power of metaphor in movies.

Screenwriter, author and teacher Charles Deemer discusses the screenwriter's social responsibility within the "Real World".

Freelance writer and script reader Nicole Url offers some practical advice on how to avoid making common mistakes in your screenplay.

Produced screenwriter Dan Bronzite explains how listening to your inner voice and going with the flow can help you write a better screenplay.

Screenwriter, teacher and script consultant Erik Bork discusses the importance of garnering audience identification with your characters.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this humorous scene from Jim Jarmusch's Down By Law.

Writer and teacher David Freeman discusses character development using the movie example of "Erin Brockovich".

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects a poignant scene from road-movie classic Easy Rider.

Marilyn offers advice on how to improve your story and characterization.

Hollywood screenwriter, psychotherapist and author Dennis Palumbo explains the importance of grounding your fiction writing in reality.

Authors of the critically acclaimed book 'I Liked It, Didn't Love It' discuss the genesis of story.

Creative Content Specialist Sara McGuire examines the Hero and Heroine's Journey in popular movies.

Playwright Jonathan Dorf reveals how writing stage plays can help improve your screenwriting.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this classic "movie moment" from Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful scene from Glengarry Glen Ross.

Creative consultant and former MGM executive Stephanie Palmer gives some practical advice on how to pitch your script and avoid common meeting pitfalls.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this memorable "Movie Moment" from Micahel Mann's Heat.

Marilyn explores how understanding your characters' attitutude to love and romance can help your screenplay.

Marilyn explains how creating a soundtrack for your screenplay can improve your writing.

Marilyn gives some great advice on how to deal with the pressures of the holiday season.

Marilyn offers great advice on how to use an impending severe weather event to better understand your characters.

Marilyn offers some advice on how to write better characters by puttin yourself in their shoes.

Marilyn offers some practical advice on how to better understand your characters.

Marilyn offers some great advice on how to better identify with your protagonist.

Marilyn offers more practical advice on how to better understand your characters.

Marilyn suggests a technique for writers to draw upon their own friends and families experiences to help create more three-dimensional characters and plots.

Marilyn offers advice on how to improve your story and characterization.

Writer, writing coach and blogger Lauren Sapala delves into character observation to help build more complex three-dimensional characters and story.

Marilyn offers great advice on how to use the weather to add drama to your script.

Freelance writer and script reader Nicole Url offers some practical advice on how to correctly format your movie script.

Marilyn offers some practical advice for getting your screen story off the starting blocks.

Some good advice on how to brush up your script's dialogue.

Marilyn offers some practical advice for improving your story by exploring your protagonist's spritual beliefs.

How to write better stories by keeping your stakes high and cutting exposition.

Marilyn offers great advice on how to create an effective climactic sequence.

Marilyn offers some practical advice on how to get to grips with your script's second act.

Marilyn offers some practical advice on how to write a better villain.

Marilyn offers some advice on reviewing your year as the holidays approach.

Marilyn offers an innovative way to strengthen your romantic comedy script using the backstory of a political or legal situation.

Marilyn offers great advice on how to use illness to enhance your story and your character arcs.

Marilyn offers some great advice about using real people to help your screenwriting.

Marilyn discusses the formative event of your protagonist's story.

Marilyn introduces an exercise to flesh out your story's characters using their family relationships.

How understanding your protagonist can build a stronger script.

How to build three-dimensional characters by creating memories for them.

Sound advice on the Dos and Don'ts of script writing by longtime Chair of the UCLA Graduate Screenwriting Program Richard Walter.

Author Nina Munteanu offers some practical advice on writing better dialogue from the perspective of a novel writer.

How to write great dialogue for your film screenplay and how to write high structure, high concept movies

Interview with story consultant, lecturer and author of "Writing Screenplays That Sell" Michael Hauge

Concluding part of interview with story consultant, lecturer and author of "Writing Screenplays That Sell" Michael Hauge

Karel Segers, David Trendall and Niels Abercrombie, in association wtih Screen Australia interview legendary screenwriting guru Syd Field during his first trip to Sydney, Australia.

Karel Segers, David Trendall and Niels Abercrombie, in association wtih Screen Australia interview legendary screenwriting guru Syd Field during his first trip to Sydney, Australia.

Karel Segers, David Trendall and Niels Abercrombie, in association wtih Screen Australia interview legendary screenwriting guru Syd Field during his first trip to Sydney, Australia.

How using a real life experience can positively influence your screenplay.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this great scene from Spielberg's Jaws.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful redemptive "Movie moment" from JCVD.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this memorable scene from Otto Preminger's Laura.

How to write better characters by learning from fairytale stories like Little Red Riding Hood.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful scene from Mad Men.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful scene from Sidney Lumet's Network

Marilyn offers great advice on how to use New Year resolutions for your characters.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this pivotal "Movie Moment" from Milos Forman's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this pivotal scene from Hitchcock's classic Psycho.

Author of Your Screenplay Sucks! William M. Akers gives practical advice on how to approach a rewrite of your script.

Award-winning writer Stan Williams explains how your story's moral premise can strengthen your screenplay.

Award-winning writer Stanley Williams explains how your story's moral premise can strengthen your screenplay.

Screenwriter and author Robert Gregory Browne helps lay the foundations for a structurally sound screenplay.

Screenwriter & Screenplay Analyst Jeff Swanson discusses the need to understand the central designing principle of your script.

Hollywood screenwriter, psychotherapist and author Dennis Palumbo unlocks the secrets to writing effective mystery stories.

Screenwriter Mark Sanderson offers some excellent advice both for newbies starting out in the script writing "game" and old hats who may just need a little perspective.

Steve Kaire's eleventh installment of screenwriting myths and facts.

The Unknown Screenwriter begins an excellent series of articles about constructing your script.

The Unknown Screenwriter examines the importance of setting up the protagonist's "Ordinary World" in the first ten pages of your script.

The Unknown Screenwriter continues discussing the first act's inciting incident.

The Unknown Screenwriter discusses how to use subplots and what should occur at the midpoint of your principle storyline.

The Unknown Screenwriter concludes his series of articles on structure.

The Unknown Screenwriter discusses the hook of your first ten pages.

Author and scriptwriter Lia London offers some great tips on improving your stageplay or screenplay.

Former Hollywood Lit Manager Michael Ferris offers some great advice on how to make your script POP.

Author and screenwriter Steven Pressfield offers some practical advice on how to battle through and overcome Act Two screenwriting obstacles.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects pop culture favorite Shaun of the Dead.

Award-winning screenwriter, director and professional writing coach Jacob Krueger discusses when to break the rules of screenwriting.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this tense sequence from Sicario.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects a scene from 2016 Academy Awards Best Picture winner Spotlight.

Writer and script consultant Ray Morton looks into the trends of using writing devices in your movie script.

Playwright and screenwriter Penny Penniston explains the importance of using subtext when writing screenplay dialogue.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this great scene from Swimming With Sharks.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful scene from Scorsese's Taxi Driver.

Writer and Teacher Gerry Visco discusses the importance of effective script editing.

Script analyst Diane House sheds some light on the structure and formatting of teleplays.

Producer, author and creator of the Raindance Film Festival Elliot Grove offers some great advice for newbie scriptwriters.

Screenwriter, teacher and author Linda Cowgill discusses the elements of effective story design.

Former Hollywood Lit Manager Michael Ferris explains the key differences between writing novels and screenplays.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful scene from The Bourne Identity.

Teacher and story consultant James Bonnet gives us an insight of how our creative unconscious influences our storytelling.

Marilyn offers some advice on how to build your self-confidence and become a successful writer.

Screenwriter and script consultant Erik Bork discusses how to make your screen story a viable product for entertainment industry professionals in an excerpt from his new book "The Idea: The 7 Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction"

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this compelling moment from the HBO series The Newsroom.

James Bonnet reveals the secrets of storytelling and how it can help improve your screenwriting.

Author & Professor Pamela Douglas gives you some new rules for writing television.

A fun take on the parallels between sex and writing your third act.

How to create a successful pitch for your screenplay.

Award-winning writer Catherine Ann Jones contemplates inspiration, creativity and an open mind.

Script Consultant Karel Segers highlights this tense sequence from hit show The Wire.

British screenwriter and script editor Dave Herman explains how your protagonist's story arc and character flaw should be intrinsically linked.

Marilyn offers some sage advice on how to assess and improve your screenplay's marketability.

Marilyn gives some practical advice about how to tackle a rewrite.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this exciting "Movie moment" from Tintin.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this scene from Orson Welles' Touch of Evil.

Award-winning writer and story consultant Catherine Ann Jones offers an insight into rewriting your screenplay.

The Unknown Screenwriter begins an excellent series of articles about creating three-dimensional characters and engaging story arcs.

The Unknown Screenwriter concludes his series on transformational character arcs with a comprehensive recap of what has been discussed.

The Unknown Screenwriter discusses common personality types.

The Unknown Screenwriter continues his discussion of common personality types.

The Unknown Screenwriter discusses more common personality types.

The Unknown Screenwriter talks about more of the common personality types.

The Unknown Screenwriter focuses on building your character bio and arc.

The Unknown Screenwriter discusses the protagonist's fatal flaw.

The Unknown Screenwriter discusses character and theme.

The Unknown Screenwriter focuses on the protagonist's fear.

Screenwriter John Folsom offers practical advice on screenplay adaptation.

Screenwriter, teacher and script consultant Erik Bork explains how sometimes empathy is more important than likability.

Marilyn offers some great advice on how to develop characters and create depth and subtext in your screenplay.

How contrasting elements of your story and using juxtapostion in your screenplay can help your script.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this great "movie moment" from Disney's Wall-E.

Screenwriter Chip Street offers some great advice on how less is more when it comes to writing screenplay description.

Produced playwright and fiction author Persephone Vandegrift applies her experience of working on a soundtrack to her film to developing a screenplay.

Emmy-nominated producer, writer and script consultant Ellen Sandler reveals the importance of writing spec pilots.

Author, screenwriter and story consultant Dr. Stan Williams offers some great screenwriting tips for constructing powerful and succinct story descriptions.

Robert Piluso sheds some light on how to write effective dialogue for your movie.

Screenwriter Chip Street offers some great advice on how to find your own voice when writing screenplays.

Dana Dorrity, assistant Professor of Communications and Media Arts at Dutchess Community College, shares her experience with collaborative screenwriting.