Female screenwriters have had great effect on film history. Some had long, illustrious careers, some would go on to direct…
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"Hey, First Time Writer, I can't wait to spend three hours of my weekend reading your unsolicited screenplay!" said no…
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Conflict consistently makes for interesting stories in screenplays. But how does one convey conflict within a person’s mental capacities? With…
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In 1982, two 11-year-olds in Mississippi set out to remake their favorite film: Raiders of the Lost Ark. It…
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Please know the ideation for this Script Tip stemmed from a Tarantino interview. How original, right? But, it's actually damn…
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At screenwriting's core, there's a love/hate relationship. We thoroughly enjoy reading other scripts; we like to dream up sequences; and…
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WANDA "You're Jewish." These few words are revelatory in the Oscar-winning Ida, written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. The setting;…
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Exposition is the great bugaboo of all dramatic writing. Exposition in screenwriting is a bit like removing a loose tooth;…
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With auteur filmmaking, we look at the works of directors, their lives and how their movies came to be. We…
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For many years, I didn’t know what the term “nouvelle vague” meant. A new kind of vagueness, or uncertainty? Even…
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