Screenwriting Tag Cloud Results for "story"

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

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

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.

Practical advice on the art of successful pitching.

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

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.

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.

Jengo Robinson dissects the crucial second act of the classic three-act screenplay structure.

How to successfully adapt a novel into a movie script.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this scene from Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation.

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.

Advice on how you should always write for yourself and from the heart.

Award-winning writer Catherine Ann Jones contemplates the influence of cinema.

Dan Bronzite eplains how screenwriting software can also help you structure your film story.

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

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this pivotal scene from the classic Casablanca.

How to improve your screenplay by changing its structure.

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

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

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

Screenwriter & author Skip Press delves into the mind of the villain.

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

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

Question by Joe from Alabama.

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.

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

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this pivotal scene from A.I. movie Ex Machina.

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.

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.

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

Script Consultant Karel Segers dissects Disney's Frozen.

Donna Michelle Anderson gives practical advice about breaking into Hollywood.

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.

Writer and story consultant James Bonnet dissects story structure's common thread through classic movies.

Screenwriter Steve Kaire gives the low-down on writing high-concept movies.

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

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

Stan Williams discusses audience identification with your story.

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

Marilyn reveals how dealing with past events in your life can help move your writing career in the right direction.

Marilyn advises on how to turn fiction and non-fiction stories into movie scripts.

Produced screenwriter and teacher Jim Jennewein offers some great advice on how to improve your screenwriting.

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.

Practical advice on how to write a biopic screenplay.

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.

Marilyn offers great advice on how to use the 5 Ws to set up your first act.

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

Screenwriting tips to help you finish your script to a deadline.

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

Produced playwright and fiction author Persephone Vandegrift tackles the age-old question that faces every new writer of how to get their material read by a producer.

Marilyn advises writers to treat their protagonist mean to reveal their true character.

Script consultant tips comparing the dating game to the world of screenwriting.

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

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 great advice on how to create an effective climactic sequence.

Former Hollywood Lit Manager Michael Ferris discusses the key factors that can take your script to the next level.

Marilyn offers some practical advice on how to improve your script's third act.

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

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

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

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

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.

How using culture in your story can imporove your script.

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.

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

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.

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

Marilyn offers great advice on how to improve your screenplay.

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

Marilyn offers some great advice on how to get your writing project off the ground.

Marilyn explains how using your story's concept can help your screenwriting and pitching.

Screenwriter, script consultant and author William Akers discusses the importance of getting your vision onto the page.

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

Questions and Answer Feature with the longtime Chair of the UCLA Graduate Screenwriting Program Richard Walter

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.

Question by Alison from Ohio.

Marilyn offers some advice on script collaboration.

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 redemptive "Movie moment" from JCVD.

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

"Lawrence of Arabia" Screenplay Deconstructed Using Vladimir Propp's Narratemes Story Structure.

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

Actress, writer, stuntwoman and producer Kristina Michelle offers some practical business advice for writers.

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

Writer, producer and author Hal Croasmun helps you make the right pitch.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this poignant scene from Hayao Miyazaki's animated feature Porco Rosso.

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

Gordy Hoffman, winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival, shares his experience of rewriting movie scripts.

Marilyn Horowitz provides a sample of a movie treatment.

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.

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 & Teacher D.B. Gilles gets to grips with our screewriting habits.

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

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

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

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 non-linear movie structure.

The Unknown Screenwriter discusses research and story planning.

The Unknown Screenwriters clarifies the distinction between genre and structure.

The Unknown Screenwriter examines the structural importance of the first ten pages of your screenplay.

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

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.

Story consultant, author and lecturer Michael Hauge offers some great advice on how to sell your screenplay.

Michael Hauge helps you understand the process of script reading from the perspective of a literary agent.

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.

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.

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.

Writer and story consultant James Bonnet dissects story structure.

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

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.

Screenwriter Mark Sanderson shares his experience of his own "long haul" screenwriting journey.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Screenwriter and teacher Scott Myers gives practical advice on how to survive script meetings.

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

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

Writer, teacher and story consultant James Bonnet breaks down story into seven critical elements using examples from modern-day films.

Emmy award-winning writer and producer Kate Wright examines the simple truths of storytelling through five basic principles.

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.

Quigly Down Under scribe John Hill discusses the many guises of a screenwriter.

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"

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

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

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.

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

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this iconic "Movie Moment" from Carol Reed's classic The Third Man.

Practical advice on how to attack a rewrite.

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

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this classic "Movie moment" from Brian De Palma's The Untouchables.

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 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.

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

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

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 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.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects this disturbing scene from Under The Skin.

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 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.

Top tips to stop you procrastinating and finally finish your screenplay.

Script Consultant Karel Segers disects the pop culture classic Westworld.

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

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 12 Steps Of Conquering Writer's Block from his new book Writers Rehab.

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.

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

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, gives some great advice on how to create a satisfying ending.

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

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