Meredith Alloway

Screenwriting is a skilled trade, and a good script must be molded and managed with craftsman hands. It takes time and patience, but if you’re willing to do the work to see your idea become a script, follow these ten key steps: (1) Watch Movies – lots of them. All genres. You must begin your quest to become a film nerd, because we all know, “Nerds Rule the World.” (2) Read screenplays – as many as possible. This helps to understand form but also to see how the page translates to screen. (3) Read some good “How To” books. Syd Field’s “Screenplay”, “Story” by Robert…

CHARACTER BIO: MAIN PROTAGONIST Objective: Dig deep with a character, discovering background history, personality, psychology, and current goals. Exercise: Write a detailed description of your main character (1 page only). Remember: You are describing a dramatic character, so present him/her to us in a way that is cinematically useful. Hints: We need to understand their drives, fears, goals, and we’ll have to be able to picture them and hear them.