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On ScriptMag.com
this past week, our family of contributors talked about lookbooks,
archetypes, adaptations and more! Check out our full
list of contributors and follow
them on Twitter too.
Screenwriting Contests are abuzz right now, but before you enter, get
our FREE Download Tips
to Improve Your Odds of Winning a Screenplay Contest to help
you succeed in the next contest you enter! I used these very tips to
help our script become a finalist in a past CSExpo competition.
Speaking of contests, if you're looking to break into TV writing, you
need to check out The Writer's Store Industry
Insider Television Writing Contest. It's a great
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Now get reading and get writing!
Jeanne
Bowerman
ScriptMag Editor
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Behind the Lines with DR: Film School
Doug Richardson shares his experience getting into
film school. See the challenges that he faced pursing his dream.
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The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast: An Interview
With Writer Director Martin Gooch
Ashely Scott Meyers interviews writer/director
Martin Gooch. Martin has written and directed two feature films in
the last eighteen months.
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Write, Direct, Repeat: Lookbooks for Films and
Scripts
Writer/director Kim Garland adapts what is
traditionally a director’s tool — the lookbook — into her new
favorite obsession: the writer’s lookbook.
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Script Gods Must Die: Adaptation, Never Come Morning
Paul Peditto describes the process of adaptation,
turning the stage play Never Come Morning into a screenplay, and
ensuing difficulties in finding financing.
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Going to a Pitching Event? Get Our FREE Pitchfest
Checklist Download!
Many writers are leery of pitching events, worried
they are merely a way for companies to take advantage of vulnerable
writers. Pitchfests have an outstanding value for writers. But
being prepared before you go is the key to your success. Learn 7
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UPCOMING SCREENWRITING EVENTS for May!
Screenwriters University:
Classes are through an online platform that you can
access anytime. There are weekly assignments to keep up with, but
for the most part, you can follow at your own pace.
- Construct
Compelling Characters, 5/15
- Writing
Dialogue for Emotional Impact, 5/15
- Proper
Formatting Technique, 5/15
- 21
Days To Your Screenplay Treatment, 5/15
- Writing
the Comedy Feature Film, 5/22
- Logline
and One Sheet Workshop, 5/22
- Story
Development and Outlining, 5/22
- Writing
for Reality Television, 5/22
- Beginning
Feature Film Writing: Act II & III, 5/22
- Beginning
Television Writing, 5/22
- Writing
the 1-Hour Drama, 5/22
- Write
Your Feature Film in Six Weeks, 5/29
- Storytelling,
5/29
- Beginning
Feature Film Writing, 5/29
- Creating
High Concept Screenplay Ideas, 5/29
- Mastering
the Essential Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters,
5/29
- Advanced
Television Rewriting Workshop, 5/29
Screenwriting Webinars
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Screenwriters
World Conference: Meet Jake Wagner of Benderspink
Jake Wagner of Benderspink offers his advice for
screenwriters trying to get representation, explaining when to
query and how to get a repps attention.
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Filmmakers The Erwin Brothers Schedule a Moms’ Night
Out
Filmmakers and Co-Directors Jon and Andy Erwin
drive the family van straight into the comedy feature fast lane
with 'Mom's Night Out.'
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5 Reasons Screenplay Story Structure is Important
and FREE Story Structure Tips Download
Whether you write a story or a screenplay, it’s
always advisable to work out the plot ahead of time so you can
discover the best way of telling it to not only appease the reader,
but also to engage your audience. Write a story that wins over your
audience with our FREE story structure guidance from the experts.
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Specs & The City: Archetypes – The Herald and
Fellowship of the Ring
Brad Johnson begins a series of columns discussing
common film archetypes, what makes them unique, and how these
archetypes function within a screenplay.
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Script Tip: Pets in Movies – How Can a Pet Improve
Your Characters and Plot?
What does it say about a person when they own a
cat or dog? Marilyn Horowitz explains the value in having pets in
movies.
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The Phoenix Rises – Phoenix Empire! Wins Fresh
Voices Grand Prize Award
Acclaimed Hollywood Director Joel Schumacher, Principato-Young
literary manager Evan Cavic, and Fresh Voices Chairman Joel Mendoza
have named Jade Shames’ the winner of the 2013 Fresh Voices
Screenplay Competition.
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Submissions
Insanity: The One Craft Element That Can Kill Your Screenplay’s
Chances DEAD
Script editor Lucy V Hay examines how scene
description too often kills screenplays' chances in the submissions
pile & what writers can do about it.
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Peter Parker: Nerd, Love-Sick Teenager, Diehard New
Yorker (THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2)
Dan Calvisi explores the many layers of Peter
Parker, from nerd to lovesick teenager to diehard New Yorker. What
makes him such a compelling character?
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21 Days to Your Screenplay Treatment
Not only is a treatment a vital selling tool for
screenwriters, the process of writing a treatment can help
screenwriters lay a solid foundation for their screenplay that can
save valuable time in the writing process. This is your chance to
map out your plot and develop your characters before you've backed
yourself into a corner with ninety pages of blood, sweat, and tears
behind you. Let Screenwriter's University show you, step-by-step,
how to create an electrifying treatment! We've made the
anxiety-producing process of treatment writing simple with our
ground-breaking approach to the form. By the end of this workshop,
you will have a strong treatment and a solid log line for your
screenplay that has been vetted by an industry professional.
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Screenwriting Website of the Week: Bob’s Take
Script is proud to announce professional
screenwriter Bob Saenz's blog, Bob's Take, as Screenwriting Website
of the Week!
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Writing Wrap Up: Writing Goals – Goal-ivate to
Motivate
Paula Landry explains how to motivate and achieve
your writing career goals with effective, fun and easy methods.
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Learn How to Create Dynamic Characters Actors Want
to Play With Our FREE Webinar!
To increase your odds of getting produced, you
need to attract top talent who will put an audience in the seats.
Creating characters that actors want to play is a must. In our FREE
Creating Dynamic Characters Webinar, you’ll learn how to create and
develop characters from screenwriter and Editor of Script Magazine,
Jeanne Veillette Bowerman.
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