Why struggle with the substantial complexities of organizing your story tightly around theme? It’s so much easier to write without it. Just string together some interesting moments, create an inciting incident, make sure you have escalating action and obstacles, and … Read the rest
Author: TW
GOT AGENT?
If you don’t yet have an agent or manager, here’s a quick list of some things you need to know.
1. Many writers get their first breaks without an agent or manager, but having the right agent and/or manager sure … Read the rest
WHAT IS A SCENE?
Here’s an article from the old website. It’s long and dense, so read slow and enjoy. It’s good stuff. I promise not to post stuff this dense again.
(Please excuse any formatting problems. It didn’t quite translate from the old … Read the rest
WHAT SHOULD YOU WRITE?
Trev asks:
… Read the restHow do you feel choice of subject matter influences commercial success. Do you think Hollywood is more interested in another LETHAL WEAPON or SCREAM 3 rather than another AMERICAN BEAUTY?
If you were starting out–what genre would you
COMPETING WITH JUNK
In commenting on another post, Mark (last name unknown) shared with us that he is eight years out of a UCLA MFA in screenwriting, has a large body of scripts and has four of them currently in the market. … Read the rest
WRITING WITH A PARTNER
I hear a million horror stories about writing with partners. I’ve written both alone and with partners. Sometimes the partnerships worked. Sometimes they did not. I like writing alone, but there is something about writing with the right partner that … Read the rest
Remember “Separated Rights”?
In a recent post, I mentioned “separated rights” and said I’d explain them soon. Well, those rascals at The Artful Writer beat me to it. Here is an excellent explanation of separated rights.
I would add that one of … Read the rest
“…BUT IS IT A MOVIE?”
What does that mean, “Is it a movie?” We hear it in pitch meetings, from producers and agents, really all over the place. It is a Sword of Damocles used to fend of approaching concepts. The question isn’t really even … Read the rest