Tag Archives: Screenwriting

Screenwriter Alert

It’s amazing how many different programs exist for writers — ferreting them out isn’t always easy, but they often offer exciting opportunities for developing craft and building industry connections. One example: The Emerging Writers Fellowship sponsored by Universal Pictures. The … Continue reading

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Typical Weaknesses

Robert McKee is considered the master of movie storytelling. For more than 25 years, he’s given a wildly popular three-day intensive seminar around the world, from LA to Lisbon, and coached hundreds of aspiring and veteran screenwriters. His book, Story, … Continue reading

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Restless Stories

“A well-crafted story does not want to rest; it wants desperately to keep moving.” Richard Walter Inertia, simply described, is the tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest. While this works in physics, it’s deadly in storytelling. … Continue reading

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