Screenwriting Tag Cloud Results for "characters"

Marilyn offers some great advice on the things you need to consider before adapting a novel into a screenplay.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this powerful scene from Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave

Screenwriter Chip Street discusses the common yet often complex matter of script optioning.

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 filmmaker Dan Black discusses various ways to improve your screenwriting.

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.

Writer/director and teacher Elad Fichman dicusses the many causes of writer's block and suggests possible solutions to overcome this common creative obstacle.

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

Marilyn applies an acting techqniue to help improve your writing.

How to successfully adapt a novel into a movie script.

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

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.

Screenwriting teacher Jennifer van Sijll discusses how to write cinematically and whether to include direction in your screenplay.

Screenwriter and author Robert Gregory Browne gives some insightful advice on effective character development.

Clinical Psychologist Carolyn Kaufman peers through the psychological looking glass to shed some light on what makes fiction villains tick.

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

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this great "movie moment" from Die Hard.

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

How creating a secret for your principle characters can improve your script.

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.

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

How the wrong theme, extraneous subplots and ill-considered characterization can sink a screenplay.

Marilyn offers advice on how to ensure your screenplays will have commercial appeal.

Script Consultant Karel Segers dissects Disney's Frozen.

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

The Unknown Screenwriter discusses multiple plot lines and how to use them in your screenplay.

How the real world can help your fictional world feel real.

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

Marilyn offers some advice on when to stop tinkering with your screenplay.

Producer and script consultant Wendy Kram offers sage advice for eager screenwriters who are preparing to shop their script.

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.

Danny Manus explains how technology has taken the romance out of romantic comedies.

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 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 explains the importance of drawing upon universal emotions in screenplay writing.

Marilyn offers some practical advice on how to improve your script through research.

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 some great advice on how to improve your screenplay by raising the stakes in your story.

How writing a first person narration from the perspective of your protagonist and antagonist can strenghten your first act.

Marilyn offers some practical advice for improving your written dialogue by using an overheard conversation.

Marilyn suggests you interview your principle characters to help you plan and structure your screen story.

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

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

Writer & teacher Christopher Riley offers some great formatting tips for screenwriters.

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

Script consultant Mere LaTour explains how story development services can improve your screenplay and writing.

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

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

Vera Caccioppoli, screenwriter and founder of Hi-Way-Haven, recounts her meeting with Rex Pickett, author of Sideways.

Script consultant Donie Nelson gives practical advice on preparing your script for submission.

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

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

The pros and cons of free-form cinematic storytelling and adhering to the rules when writing your screenplay.

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.

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.

writer and script consultant Jengo Robinson breaks down the structure of film.

Script Collaboration: The pros and cons of working with a writing partner on your screenplay.

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

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

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

Screenwriter and script consultant Julie Gray gives practical advice on the best way to give feedback.

Don Bledsoe, Founder of ScriptNurse, gives practcal advice on how to get the most out of your screenplay.

Produced screenwriter Danek S. Kaus shares some insightful tips that every new scriptwriter should consider when working on their first screenplay.

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

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

Successful TV writer and producer Sheldon Bull explains what makes a good sitcom and how to set up an effective premise in the Pilot episode.

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

Writer and story consultant James Bonnet dissects story structure.

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

Author K.M. Weiland discusses how to effectively use subtext when creating and communicating backstory.

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

Professor, screenwriter and script consultant Jeffrey Hirschberg reveals the key elements of writing an engaging screenplay.

How to write a funny screenplay by following the simple rules of comedy.

Screenwriter Persephone Vandegrift gives some practical advice on how to write a short film.

Author K.M. Weiland discusses the benefits of planning your story.

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

Author & script consultant Christina Hamlett explains how to correctly use parentheticals in your screenplay.

How to structure your story with Movie Outline script writing software following the mythic structure template of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey Monomyth.

Quigly Down Under scribe John Hill discusses the traditional Hero's place in contemporary film-making.

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

Producer Marvin V. Acuna explains how important it is to get your logline and pitch right when seeking literary representation.

Teacher and story consultant James Bonnet gives us a unique psychological insight into the hidden power of story metaphors and our creative unconscious.

Practical screenwriting advice from an industry pro to help you get your script on track.

Marilyn offers some great advice on how to get your creative juices flowing over the holiday season.

How to create a successful pitch for your screenplay.

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

Award-winning filmmaker and comedy writer Timothy Cooper highlights some of the common mistakes to avoid when writing screenplays.

Marilyn discusses the differences between writing novels and for the Big Screen.

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

Screenwriting advice to help you write better character dialogue for your stories and screenplays.

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 discusses common personality types.

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

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.

Marilyn's advice to let the world around you influence your screen story.

Marilyn offers some great advice on how to learn more about your characters using the costumes you may choose to wear for Halloween.

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

Teacher and story consultant James Bonnet discusses the subtext and message behind movie story structure.

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

Vladimir Propp's Narratemes & Morphology of the Folktale.

Script consultant Mere LaTour explains how to prepare your screenplay for industry feedback.

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

Marilyn poses some key questions to help you better define the theme and storyline of your screenplay.

Question by Lillian from Massachusetts.

Author, teacher and script consultant D.B. Gilles discusses the importance of comic relief in screenwriting.

Question by Keith in California.

Author, teacher and script consultant D.B. Gilles discusses the 12 Steps Of Conquering Writer's Block from his new book Writers Rehab.

Successful TV writer and producer Sheldon Bull discusses the importance of choosing a strong central "theme" when writing your spec sitcom pilot.

Corey Blake delves into character development for screenplays.

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

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

Script-a-thon co-director Matt Giegerich gives practical advice on rewriting your screenplay.

Dana Dorrity, assistant Professor of Communications and Media Arts at Dutchess Community College, gives some great advice on how to create a satisfying ending.

Screenwriter, author and script coach Christopher Keane makes you think twice about writing anything if your heart isn't in it.

Screenwriter and professional script reader Monica Partridge discusses designing your screen story's central character.