Hello, everyone.  Last week we discussed the brilliant writing and artistry of Tony Gilroy on Creating A Great Read.  I want to continue that discussion now.  All of what I try and teach in this blog is material you would ordinarily not find in a screenwriting workshop, a screenwriting class or a screenwriting course.  Why? […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hello, everyone.  Should you take a screenwriting course, screenwriting workshop or screenwriting class to help you become a better writer?  Well, you can follow these posts and you’ll learn a great deal. So now that we’re deeply into what we want from coverage and notes and how we attack our rewrite, what is the one […]

Hello, everyone.  Now that I’ve shared some of my ideas with you on the subject of getting great notes:  when you know you have them or when you don’t, let’s talk about how you tackle your rewrite. We are engaging in something that is usually not covered in screenwriting courses, screenwriting classes or even professional […]

Hello, everyone.  So we’re talking about marketing and what to do before you actually send your script out there to be sold.  These observations are not something you will find in most screenwriting courses, screenwriting classes or screenwriting workshops.  That’s why I post them here, to give you something you can’t get anywhere else. As […]

Hello, everyone.  As always, I try to give you information that you won’t get in most of your screenwriting courses, screenwriting classes or screenwriting workshops. Recently, I’ve gotten on a tangent about marketing, rather than the techniques to improve your screenwriting skills.  I want to stay on this path a little bit longer. Despite what […]