Archive for June, 2012

Screenwriting Course #22: Creating A Great Read

Hello, everyone.  As always, I try to provide material you won’t find in a screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop.  I hope this suits that goal as well. We’ve been talking about creating a great read and the tricks one learns as he or she progresses from novice screenwriter to professional screenwriter. Let’s listen […]

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Screenwriting Course #21: Creating A Great Read

Hello, everyone. As you may know, I gave a lecture at the Writers Store recently about creating a great read.  These and other posts will probably not be covered in your average screenwriting course, screenwriting workshop, or screenwriting class. I’d like to share some of those thoughts with you in the next few weeks.  This […]

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Screenwriting Course #20: Hiding Exposition

Hello, everyone.  Here is more information I’m guessing you didn’t learn in a screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. We were talking last week about exposition and how to hide information you want to give the audience without making the film come to a screeching halt.  One of the ways is to introduce backstory […]

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Screenwriting Course #19: Exposition

Hello, everyone.  In all your screenwriting courses, screenwriting workshops and screenwriting classes, did you ever learn about how you hide exposition?  Well, that’s the subject of this post. We’ve been communicating recently about the art of the rewrite and here is the next big stumbling block that might not have been solved during your first […]

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Screenwriting Course #18: More on Rewrites

Hello, everyone.  Are you taking a screenwriting course?  screenwriting workshop?  screenwriting class?  I’m trying to provide information in these posts that you can’t get at those venues. Okay, so, we’re talking about rewrites and what you should look for when you’re about to embark on your second or third rewrite.  We’ll talk about your fourth […]

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