Hello, screenwriters. As you all know what I attempt to do is provide information you won’t normally hear in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting workshop, or screenwriting class. This is more of the same. I started my Facebook group, Secrets of Screenwriting Group, to share information from screenwriters all over the world. What I love […]
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Screenwriting Course #72: What Makes A Great Anti Hero?
Hello, Screenwriters – As you know I’m constantly looking for material that you won’t normally get in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. What we’re about to talk about definitely fits that bill. As much as I enjoy sending out these weekly posts – I call them communications for a reason. I […]
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Hello, screenwriters – As you all know I strive to communicate subjects that aren’t covered in your normal screenwriting workshop, screenwriting course or screenwriting workshop. It’s not because the instructors aren’t knowledgeable, it’s most because they just don’t have the time. So, this is possibly a great moment to talk about this craft and business […]
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Hello, screenwriters. As always, I attempt to provide information that is normally not provided in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting workshop, or screenwriting class. Let’s continue that tradition. We have been talking recently about creating great protagonists and methods used to help you develop your characters into rich, multi faceted individuals. Last week I wrote […]
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Hello, screenwriters. As I always point out, I attempt in this blog to talk about issues you don’t normally hear in your typical screenwriting class, screenwriting course, or screenwriting workshop. This continues that trend. Before we launch into this new topic on creating great characters, I extend my invitation once again to anyone who needs […]
Read the rest of this entry »Screenwriting Course #69: Writing For Stars
Hello, Screenwriters. As you’ve probably gathered by now, I try and provide information you don’t normally get from your typical screenwriting workshop, screenwriting class or screenwriting course. Here is another example of that. As a screenwriting instructor, I always advise my students to take the point of view of the buyers when conceptualizing their screenplay. […]
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Dear Screenwriters – This continues our ongoing discussion about creating great characters. As you know by now, I’m always trying provide information that you don’t normally hear in a typical screenwriting course, screenwriting worksop or screenwriting class. This follows that same template. I have been talking in generalities lately about character development and character arcs […]
Read the rest of this entry »Screenwriting Course #67: Does every protagonist need a character arc?
Hello, screenwriters. I hope you all had a great Memorial Day week-end. As you’re all aware, I try as hard as I can to provide information on this blog that is not normally provided in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting workshop or screenwriting class. Here is another example of that. I just saw “42” and […]
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Hello, screenwriters. As you all know I attempt to provide information that you don’t normally get in the traditional screenwriting course, screenwriting class or even screenwriting workshop. So here is more of that as promised. I want to take a short pause and not pursue what I promised – that is a discussion about what […]
Read the rest of this entry »Screenwriting Course #63: Minor Characters
Hello everyone! As you know I attempt to provide in this blog screenwriting information you wouldn’t normally get in your typical screenwriting course, screenwriting class or screenwriting workshop. Here is more of the same. And thanks again for everyone who attended my webinar on Creating A Great Read. I hope you learned a lot. We […]
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