All posts tagged "how-to"
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First Draft
30 Screenwriting Lessons From The Twilight Zone Creator Rod Serling
July 25, 2020Here are screenwriting tips gleaned from Twilight Zone mastermind Rod Serling, first published as part of...
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First Draft: Ten Ways Screenwriters Can Sidestep Writing for Free
June 21, 2018In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “You...
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First Draft: Five Criminally Underrated Elements of Successful Screenplays
January 11, 2018In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What...
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First Draft: Screenwriting Contests and Fellowships Every Writer Should Target in 2018
January 5, 2018In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What...
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Directing
How to Make a Film Without Knowing How to Make a Film: Basic Tips From the Director of From the Ground Up
January 3, 2018Prior to producing, writing, and directing my documentary From The Ground Up, I had no background or...
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Screenwriting
First Draft: Step Up Your Game With These Seven New Year’s Resolutions For Screenwriters
January 2, 2018As we look ahead to this new year, now’s a good time to ask, what are...
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First Draft: Here Are 20 of the Hottest Public Domain Properties For Screenwriters
December 29, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Hollywood...
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First Draft: What’s It Like to See Your Script Produced By Hollywood? Here’s How This Screenwriter Made It Happen
December 28, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Seeing...
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Directing
How They Did It: Planning a Car Crash Scene? Match Multiple Locations Into One, Says 24 Hours to Live Director
December 4, 2017Some of the bigger challenges we had to overcome while filming 24 Hours to Live had...
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First Draft: 14 Screenwriting Books Every Screenwriter Should Read
November 29, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What...
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First Draft: Think Outside the Box With These Five Resourceful Screenwriting Career Moves
November 15, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What...
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First Draft: Your Characters Lack Uniqueness? Use These Seven Ways to Give Them Fresh Voices
November 3, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. As...
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First Draft: Craft Top-Notch Cinematic Scares With These 101 Terrifying Horror Story Prompts
November 1, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Welcome...
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First Draft: Manipulate Your Audiences’ Psychological States With These Three Screenwriting Tricks
October 10, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Suspense...
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Movie News
First Draft: One Secret to Great Dialogue? Make Your Script’s Silences Count
October 3, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. I’ve...
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Movie News
First Draft: Everything You Need to Know About Confusing On-Screen Writing Credits
September 21, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “Why...
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First Draft: What’s Holding Your Script Back? One Of These Four Problems Might Be Your Answer
September 6, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Frequent...
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First Draft: Three Networking Maps That Will Help Screenwriters Build Their Industry Contacts
August 22, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The...
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First Draft: Know When and When Not to Rely on the Unreliable Narrator
August 21, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The...
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First Draft: Roll the Dice With This Guide to Action-Adventure Script Structure Based on Dungeons & Dragons
July 25, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Geeks...
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First Draft: Ask Yourself These Four Questions Before Cooking Up Your Screenplay’s Antagonist
July 11, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. It...
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First Draft: Take Stock In These 99 Stock Characters You Can Write Into Your Screenplay
July 11, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What...
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First Draft: Sure, Story Structure Guides Are Useful. But When Should We Be Using Them, and How?
July 6, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “It’s...
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First Draft: Learn “Kaufman’s Folly” to Avoid Writing Fanciful Worlds That Aren’t Relatable (Video)
June 27, 2017In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. There...
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