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Those who claim that the formulaic path is
the only way to go when writing a screenplay are further confusing the
beginning writer. Stewart Farquhar analyzes formula vs. structure. Read More...
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The Pitch Deck is becoming an essential tool
for Film and Television Writers. Nick Sadler explains what a Pitch Deck is
and why you should create one. Read More...
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Tom Stempel examines the films Tully,
Disobedience, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Ocean’s 8 to showcase the
effective (or not effective) use of plot twists. Read More...
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Filmmakers Jamison M. LoCascio and Adam
Ambrosio go in depth about their latest project, Sunset, a sci-fi drama about people facing
the possibility of an imminent nuclear strike. Read More...
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Expanding on the essential elements of all
successful scripts – the reader’s emotional experience, author Karl Iglesias
will showcase over 50 dialogue techniques and lots of examples from highly
successful screenwriters that turn bland, on-the-nose dialogue into striking
speech that snaps, crackles and pops off the page. This class will include
dialogue rewriting exercises and analysis of great dialogue. Enroll Now...
See full list of self-paced
online courses here.
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Our webinars include both access to the live
webinar where you may interact with the presenter and the recorded, on-demand
edition for your video library. You do not have to attend the live event to
get a recording of the presentation.
See full list of upcoming
live online webinars here.
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Paul Joseph Gulino explores the lost
opportunities of set-up and pay-off in the film Hereditary. Read More...
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Comics and graphic novels have seen
impressive growth over the past three years, which means this category is
ripe for experimentation by new authors. Read More...
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Dave Trottier, AKA Dr. Format, answers the
question, "Can you give me one good reason why I shouldn’t include
camera directions for screenplays? Read More...
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Jeanne Veillette Bowerman explores different
techniques for outlining a script to help you find one that works best for
you. Read More...
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Jeanne Veillette
Bowerman
Jeanne is the Editor of Script and adapted the Pulitzer Prize-winning
book, Slavery by Another
Name. Her screenplays were selected as Top 25 Tracking Board
Launch Pad, CSExpo Finalist, Second Round Sundance Episodic Lab, and PAGE
Awards TV Drama Finalist. Twitter @jeannevb.
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This week's screenwriting tip, Tom Stempel
examines the films Tully,
Disobedience, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Ocean’s 8 to showcase the
effective (or not effective) use of plot twists.
Concept is the key to a script sale! Don't miss this month’s bundle of
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By Tom Stemple
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As more than a few critics have pointed out,
this is the third collaboration between Cody and director Jason Reitman. The
first two, Juno (2007)
and Young Adult
(2011), were great, and while you think for a long time into Tully it is going to be
just as good, it isn’t. Juno
was about a pregnant teenager, Young
Adult about a writer in her twenties who is dealing with a slow
time in her career, and Tully
about a woman in her early forties about to give birth to her
third child. I have no idea how Cody and Reitman are going to handle the
fifties.
Tully takes a
very unsentimentalized view of motherhood, to say the least. Read More...
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Jeanne Veillette
Bowerman
Jeanne is the Editor of Script and adapted the Pulitzer Prize-winning
book, Slavery by Another
Name. Her screenplays were selected as Top 25 Tracking Board
Launch Pad, CSExpo Finalist, Second Round Sundance Episodic Lab, and PAGE
Awards TV Drama Finalist. Twitter @jeannevb.
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
Chris Schiller breaks down a selection of
facts or fallacies in the film business, providing advice on how to navigate
the myths floating around Hollywood. Read More...
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Joy Cheriel Brown reviews On Chesil Beach, exploring
the missed opportunities in structure and building tension. Read More...
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You’ve been to a networking mixer or writing
panel and made a connection with an exec, agent, manager, or working writer
who you admire and want to work with someday. Now what? Tawnya Bhattacharya
gives essential networking tips for writers Read More...
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Susan Kouguell interviews Iram Haq, the
writer/director of What Will
People Say, exploring her real-life inspiration for the film Read More...
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Write as you learn in this unique course
that provides instruction, tips, online discussion, and relevant homework
assignments, including an evaluation of pages from your ending. Examples from
a wide variety of classic, popular, and highly acclaimed screenplays will be
used to clarify principles and techniques as you design and write your
powerful ending.
Enroll Now...
See full list of self-paced
online courses here.
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Our webinars include both access to the live
webinar where you may interact with the presenter and the recorded, on-demand
edition for your video library. You do not have to attend the live event to
get a recording of the presentation.
See full list of upcoming
live online webinars here.
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Screenwriter, director and producer Asif
Akbar talks about how he was able to get his latest film produced, the sci-fi
thriller, Astro. Read More...
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Evoking emotion on the page begins with the
man or woman at the keyboard. Using the classic novel Where the Red Fern Grows,
Dustin Grinnell serves up seven straightforward tactics for writing
tear-jerking tales that will make your readers empathize with your
characters. Read More...
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Learn the importance of working out the plot
ahead of time in our free story structure download. Read More...
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Film adaptations aren’t typically in the
plotline for debut novels, but two new thriller/suspense authors, Kathleen
Barber and Rea Frey, have capped their debut dreams with film contracts for
books seemingly written for the screen. Read More...
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Jeanne Veillette
Bowerman
Jeanne is the Editor of Script and adapted the Pulitzer Prize-winning
book, Slavery by Another
Name. Her screenplays were selected as Top 25 Tracking Board
Launch Pad, CSExpo Finalist, Second Round Sundance Episodic Lab, and PAGE
Awards TV Drama Finalist. Twitter @jeannevb.
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