Patrick Kirkland
Patrick wishes he was good at something else. He’s tried accounting, spent time admiring park chess players, and even thought about being a pro homeless guy, but he’s succumbed to the fact that he’s really only good at making stuff up. From 9-5, he’s a branding and advertising writer, and moonlights as a screenwriter, playwright, and fiction guy. He heads up his own writer’s blog, givemebackmypen, painfully trying to inspire artists to quit screwing around and do something. He lives in New York with his wife, pit bull, and shih tzu.
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Articles by Patrick Kirkland :
- Script Inception: The Day I Picked an Idea
- Writing Your Screenplay: Starting the Process
- Script Tips In Action: A New Direction
- Desire: How to Find Your Story
- Creating Memorable Dialogue
- Breaking the Story: Five Helpful Steps
- Rejection Reality: Welcome to the Club
- The Good of Bad Writing
- Organic Character Choices: Michael Clayton
- Improve Your Writing Through Acting
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How To Get An Agent
Screenwriting
Script Tips
Getting an agent can seem like an impossible task: no one wants to read your script unless you’re represented, yet you can’t get representation if no one reads you. But the truth is somewhere in between. There are tools out there that can help open the door. The Hollywood Representation Directory – is a great comprehensive reference book on literary agents and managers nationwide, which includes addresses, contact info and submissions policy. There are also plenty of online resources: Inktip.com helps to sell or option your script, Scriptblaster.com emails your…
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Finding Nemo (2003)
Screenplay
Five Plot Point Breakdowns
Screenplay Genre: Animation / Adventure / Comedy Movie Time: 100 mins 1. INCITING INCIDENT After an attack by a barracuda, Marlin is left a widower and his entire clutch of eggs has been destroyed. Upon further inspection, he discovers that one egg, Nemo, survived. He promises the little Nemo: “I’ll never let anything happen to you.” (00:04:31)
