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Written By Scott A. McConnell Michael Connolly is one of the best mystery-crime writers today, many would say the best. His novels are best sellers and have been adapted for film and television. His series, “Bosch”, currently plays on SBS in Australia and on Amazon Prime in the U.S. A former Los Angeles Times police… …
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Pictured: Highway 212 forest road. Lithonia, United States. Photo by Matt Duncan. matthewfoxx.com | @matthew.foxx Written By JC Cummings Once you get a ‘green light’ the next phase begins. Among various convoluted phases of any production process, DEVELOPMENT, is one of the most important. As elementary as it sounds, defining who, what, where, when and… …
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Pictured above: Elaine May, film director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, and actress. Written by David Landau What makes some comedies stand the test of time while others fade as fast as the news in Daily Variety? Theme. I can honestly say I’ve never had a development person or a producer ask me what the… …
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Written by Julia Camara Something I heard a lot as a new screenwriter was this talk of a “writer’s voice,” and whether it was a strong voice, an interesting voice or an intrusive voice. Like many other concepts around screenwriting, I always thought this one was a bit elusive and abstract. How can I, the… …
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Brian Price shares screenwriting insights in this exclusive interview StudentFilmmakers Magazine: Can you tell us a little bit about the evolution of screenwriting? Brian Price: I don’t know that screenwriting, as a craft, has evolved in any meaningful way beyond the superficial changes of formatting conventions or medium of delivery. We used to use a… …
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Exclusive Interview with Kenneth Dancyger Ken Dancyger is the author or co-author of seven books on screenwriting, directing, film editing and production. They are “The Technique of Film and Video Editing,” “The Director’s Idea,” “Alternative Scriptwriting,” “Writing the Short Film,” “Global Scriptwriting,” “The World of Film and Video Production,” and “Broadcast Writing.” Ken conducts… …
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Pictured above: David B. Carren wrote and directed in Texas the film, “Waiting for Sandoval.” The production utilized a cast and crew made up entirely of students from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Written by David B. Carren In Next Level Screenwriting: Insights, Ideas and Inspiration for the Intermediate Screenwriter, the advanced… …
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Holly Jurbergs’ love for science and music always informs and influences her writing. After completing a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin in 1996, Holly worked as an Analytical Chemist in pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical companies. She has played piano since she was eight-years-old and more recently, she has taken up… …
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How to Develop a Story My Approach to Scriptwriting Written by Marco Schleicher, MA In this article, I will describe my approach to scriptwriting. Before I actually start writing, I take a lot of time to develop my ideas and to work on the structure of the script. This helps me to create a solid… …
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Screenwriting tips from Joe Stinson, Brian Price, Michael Tabb, David Paterson, and more… Pictured above: Photo by Aleks Marinkovic, Filmmaker, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Follow aleksmarinkovic.com. 7 Best Screenwriting Tips: Stop Writer’s Block Tip #1 “Ideas are a dime a dozen and everybody’s got dozens. You can’t copyright an idea; you can’t… …
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Here’s some wonderful screenwriting inspiration and pointers from Jeff Lyons, Joe Stinson, Michael Tabb, Brian Price, Claudia Hunter Johnson, Loren-Paul Caplin, Martie Cook, and Alan C. Hueth. Above photo by Peter Kasprzyk | petetakesphotos.de 8 Essential Screenwriting Tips for Filmmakers “Write what you want to see.” ~Jeff Lyons “Write scripts that move you… …
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No Limitations: The Screenwriter as Writer by Michael Halperin One of the myths of the motion picture industry silently states that screenwriters only write for the big or small screen. Somehow writers become entrenched in this head-messing idea. “My screenplay didn’t sell,”…”My agent hasn’t called,”… “Oh my God, what will I do?”…”Do I have to… …
