Screenplay Techniques

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The Best Writing Advice I Got From Neil Gaiman

I usually assume that anyone reading these posts either knows me personally, is new to the internet and therefore stuck in this little...

Apr 5, 2017

The Best Writing Advice I Got From Neil Gaiman

On Dialogue, Part Two: Exposition and Subtext

Last time we examined the three components of good dialogue, which is incredibly difficult to do no matter your medium. We all speak/...

Apr 3, 2017

On Dialogue, Part Two: Exposition and Subtext

On Dialogue, Part One

Screenwriters spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about dialogue, and that’s because space is at a premium when you’re writing...

Mar 21, 2017

Taglines and Blurbs

Okay, before I get started, I’m going to mention this website quite a bit: Page Fight! I have no affiliation for this site, though my...

Mar 6, 2017

Loglines (Taglines and Blurbs to Follow)

This post is another that initially started out as one, then multiplied into two like some ever-divvying amoeba newly-enamored with...

Feb 23, 2017

Loglines (Taglines and Blurbs to Follow)

Myers Briggs Your Characters

This is totally a cheat for my new blogging schedule (now twice a week!) in that it's really a guest blog I did for the amazing Jo...

Feb 12, 2017

The Good, Bad, and Ugly Trilogies

As with last time, I’m issuing a *spoiler warning* for these very seminal following films. I’m assuming if you’re reading this you...

Jan 27, 2017

Trilogies vs Series

Before we get started: In the next two posts we’re going to delve into several movie trilogies and series that have been out for years...

Jan 11, 2017

Treatments and Bibles

The motley lot that we writers are, there’s a pretty massive split in opinions on outlines. Writers either adhere to them or abhor them,...

Oct 26, 2016

Compelling Characters and Ugly Babies

It’s kind of funny* that we’ve spent the last three sessions on structure and are just now getting to characters even though characters...

Oct 12, 2016

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