Friday 21 December 2018

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Week in Review


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Happy Holiday Season! Our ScriptMag.com family of contributors share interviews of filmmakers and writers, including how Steven Vitolo broke into TV writing and now writes on Black-ish! Check out our full list of contributors and follow them on Twitter too.

I’m all about giving, so I wrote up a list of Holiday Gift Ideas for Writers, and don’t forget to buy something for yourself!

Now get reading and get writing!
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Susan Kouguell speaks with Can You Ever Forgive Me? editor Anne McCabe about her collaboration with director Marielle Heller. Read More...


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Tom Stempel analyzes A Simple Favor; The Old Man and the Gun; Juliet, Naked; The Book Shop; Operation Finale; Colette; All About Nina; The Sisters Brothers; and the book, When Women Wrote Hollywood. Read More...



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Script's Editor shares advice on gifts for writers for the holidays or anytime! Read More...


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Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Jeremy Unger about how he got his new thriller, Ride, produced. He originally wrote and directed a short film as a proof of concept, which helped him gain traction with the feature version, which he recently completed. Read More...


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. Enroll Now...

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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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At the recent Producers Guild of America’s Produced By: New York conference, producing and collaboration panels emphasized the continued need for diversity. Read More...


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Steven Vitolo speaks about his TV writing career, what it actually means to be a Script Coordinator vs. a Script supervisor vs. a Writer’s Assistant, how he, as a white writer, came to write for the show Black-ish, and how Scriptation was born. Read More...

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A writer has a lot to be thankful for as we move into the holiday season. Terri Coduri Viani reflects on things that make the writing life better. Read More...


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Ashley Scott Meyers with Writer/Director Ari Gold about directing theater, which lead him to short films, and eventually feature films, and his new indy drama, The Song of Sway Lake. Read More...


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Our growing library of over 175 video tutorials covers both the creative and business sides of screenwriting, offering instruction from top industry experts!
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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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Tips to Elevate the Drama!



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In this week's screenwriting tip, screenwriter William Martell explains how sometimes it's more dramatic to have a character do absolutely nothing in a scene. Inaction can speak volumes.

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By William Martell
I'm an action movie guy—I not only like action movies and write action movies, I preach the use of actions to tell your story: "If you don't show it the audience can't know it." Action *is* character. Having a character slap another character is more dramatic than having them say, "I hate you." You want your characters to show us what they're feeling—that way the actors can actually do some acting.

So this article may shock some of you—sometimes it's more dramatic to have a character do absolutely nothing. Just stand there—without any trace of emotions at all. Some of you may be shocked that I'm advocating something that sounds suspiciously like subtlety, but that's exactly what I'm doing. But even when you're being subtle, remember that film is communication—which means we STILL have to get that emotional information to the audience—we're just not going to be using our character to do that. We're going to use the situation which surrounds our character. The *character's reactions* may be subtle, but the *situation the character is in* will have to give the audience all of the necessary information (and probably won't be subtle).  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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Week in Review





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Through the years, we’ve had many amazing articles on ScriptMag.com. This week, we share some of our favorites from our archives to help you create a great idea and plan your next screenplay. Learn about structure, conflict and facing the blank page. Check out our full list of contributors and follow them on Twitter too.

There are as many ways to break into the industry as there are writers. One way is to enter screenwriting contests. Get our FREE Download Tips for Winning Screenwriting Contests to help you succeed in the next contest you enter!

Now get reading and get writing!
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I know writers love to know the “rules” and “formulas” and “principles” of writing, but truthfully, there are no great truths about writing. A great writer knows the pitfalls and takes a concept and creatively considers the most compelling way to tell that story—structure be damned. Read More...




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Ashley Scott Meyers talks with screenwriter and producer Erik Bork (Band of Brothers) about his new screenwriting book: The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction. We dig into a number of the lessons that he teaches in the book, including the crucial aspect that basic idea plays in the ultimate success of the project. Read More...




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The next chapter of our Script Secrets assignments, CONFLICT! Every scene in your script should have conflict... that way we can explore character. Screenwriting is dramatic writing. It's about people with really big problems which will be solved through emotionally charged action or dialogue scenes. Script contributor William Martell is here to help you develop stronger conflicts in your work. Read More...




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Jerry Flattum explores the varying plot types, story types, themes and genres to help you write a marketable screenplay. Read More...




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. Enroll Now...

See full list of self-paced online courses here.




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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Relax and stop worrying. And you’ll get through that block in no time. If you are concerned about writer’s block, your concern might actually create a block or fortify the one you already have. So what can you do? Read More...




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Emmy-winning screenwriter ERIK BORK (BAND OF BROTHERS) says the first ten pages of a script must make the reader understand and care about the main character. Read More...


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Get a single video for $16.99 or subscribe for access to all the videos starting at only $16.33 per month! See all videos and subscribe for All Access here.

Our growing library of over 175 video tutorials covers both the creative and business sides of screenwriting, offering instruction from top industry experts!
Watch Previews of All Videos...






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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