Reading Time: 3 minutesScreenplay coverage is like a Nicholas Cage movie. When it’s good, it’s “Raising Arizona” or “Moonstruck.”. When it’s bad, it’s “Ghost Rider” on a 24-hour loop. Because while screenplay...
Reading Time: 3 minutesScreenplay competitions are a fantastic way to get crucial feedback on your script, and network with film development folks. (Pitchfest anybody?) But in some cases, you can actually make a decent amount of change from screenwriting...
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuality script ideas are the foundation of any good movie. (And creating them is one of the FIRST big steps to becoming a screenwriter that doesn’t suck.) But learning how malleable – and constantly evolving – screenplay ideas...
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe biggest question I get from screenwriters isn’t about how to craft compelling characters or come up with a second act that doesn’t put readers into a coma…it’s how to sell a screenplay. (Especially if you’re not...
Reading Time: 5 minutesScript coverage is the “designated hitter” of the screenwriting craft – everyone has a strong opinion about it. (And nobody can seem to agree.) Some think it’s a worthwhile and effective system of screenplay analysis to...
Reading Time: 3 minutesScreenwriting competitions are definitely NOT created equal. (No offense to the Eastern Pocatello Auxiliary Kiwanis Screenwriting competition.) Some can gain you access to film-industry insiders and skyrocket your screenwriting career into the...