If there’s one golden rule in this screenwriting business, it’s this: Show. Don’t tell. Most of us try to Sorkin…
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Directors get all the credit in Hollywood, but every screenwriter knows that no matter the director, they cannot and will…
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It’s finally Oscar season again, a time when everyone seems to find their purpose in life once more: bloggers have…
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When I first started researching for this article a few weeks ago, I thought I’d ask my fellow Brits for…
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I have been writhing in agony for two days. Stuck, with one single image in my mind, and I have…
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To some degree, all the characters in The Rite are searching for a clear delineation between black and white within…
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Michel Gondry a couple years ago during a press day for the anthology film,…
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Exposition is a necessary tool for the screenwriter and often one that is essential to understanding plot, character, setting, and/or…
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Leave it to Coens to defy your expectations. The guys who brought a gallows police procedural to the friendliest place…
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You've seen The Fighter already, right? There's a scrappy, underdog protagonist hailing from a less than privileged neighborhood trying to…
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