If you’ve ever been in a serious relationship, you know all about conflict. Love hurts! It’s when our emotions are…
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The impulse to be free as a screenwriter is one of the most self-destructive notions you can have. Screenwriting is…
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“God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you! That’s flaccid, sloppy writing. Any…
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In screenwriting, polarity is bliss. Why? Because polarity is mutual opposition, and when opposite elements are forced to interact, sparks fly. Conflict!…
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The theatre, for the most part, is verbal storytelling; therefore, it’s not uncommon for the playwright to tell the story…
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Another way to look at story is by examining it as a syllogism, a three part form of reasoning in…
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Subtext is what a character is really saying between the lines, and it is revealed by a character's actions and…
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After graduating from University, I found myself working in construction for a year, and during this time – still a…
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In 1999, I won USC’s School of Cinematic Arts Peter Stark Producing Program’s “Short Film Special Project” by writing a…
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So you find yourself lucky enough to be “in the room”. This means you have an agent/manager who got you…
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