Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this tip on writing scripts that don’t suck, we’re gonna get a little personal. (Which is where the BEST scripts live.) We’re going to talk about how to find the best/worst hero for your upcoming screenplay. About 15 years...
Reading Time: 3 minutesLearning how to write screenplay description. It’s one of the most overlooked, and consistently neglected, skills of screenwriting. And as somebody who started off as a playwright – where dialogue is king – I THOUGHT writing...
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy old production company boss used to call useless screenplay characters, garden gnomes. Screenplay lawn furniture. The barnacle that prevented screenwriters from writing a movie that literally MOVED! Characters who would just float in a scene....
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen most screenwriters are knee-deep in the process of writing a script they usually spend a TON of time on things like dialogue and characters – but neglect that most important screenwriting element: writing a script with some killer and...
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this Screenwriting Hack on Dark Knight Rising you’ll learn: Why Dark Knight feels about seven hours long Why the arch-villain Bane totally blows as a villain Why the final showdown feels about as cinematic as an insurance seminar Warning:...