Script Tips

Scenes can come in all shapes and sizes: a one-sentence establishing, a half-page aftermath, a three-page reversal, the list goes…

The husband strolls in from work. He’s drunk. A lonely meal is set on the dinning room table. A single…

Alien, Jaws, Godzilla… man vs. creature.  Earthquake, Titanic, Twister… man vs. disaster. Face Off, Speed, Die Hard… man vs. man. High Concept. The title alone tells the whole…

If you want to lose weight, it’s no secret what you should do: eat right and exercise. Yet we want…

Getting an agent can seem like an impossible task: no one wants to read your script unless you’re represented, yet…

Whenever I hear this question, I remember a few years back when I screened A History of Violence for my scene…

The action world is full of memorable one-liners. Gangster films have sinister mobsters and ruthless hoodlums. Dramas are all about…

Beginning screenwriters often make the mistake of letting characters talk, and talk, and talk... Talking heads might work for the playwright,…

Mama Gump says, “Life’s a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Well, not always. Eat too much,…

As we conclude this series (see Part One, Part Two, and Part Three), let’s take a look at some final…