All posts tagged "process"
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First Draft: Take Stock In These 99 Stock Characters You Can Write Into Your Screenplay
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What is the difference between archetypes and... -
First Draft: Sure, Story Structure Guides Are Useful. But When Should We Be Using Them, and How?
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “It’s not where you take things from—it’s... -
First Draft: Learn “Kaufman’s Folly” to Avoid Writing Fanciful Worlds That Aren’t Relatable (Video)
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. There is a fundamental issue at the... -
First Draft: A Screenwriting Prescription For Action Description
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. A script’s first audience is not the... -
First Draft: Break Tired Screenwriting Conventions By Embracing the Heroine’s – Not Hero’s – Journey
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Katniss. Moana. Rey. Jyn. Wonder Woman. The... -
First Draft: Will You Give Your Audience a Guided Tour of Your Script’s World, Or Throw Them In Head First?
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Who doesn’t love creating a world from... -
First Draft: Grab Viewers By the Eyeballs With Your Screenplay Title
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. One of the most underrated aspects of... -
First Draft: Five Ways to Craft the Midpoint of Your Screenplay
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Great writing is a balancing act of... -
First Draft: Cover Your (Screenwriting) Ass With These Rules For Writing Valuable Script Coverage
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Screenplays don’t exist in a bubble. They’re... -
First Draft: Seeing Is Conceiving. Build a Blueprint to Work Visuals Into Your Screenplay
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Writing visually is something a lot of screenwriters...
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8