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Screenwriting 101: Stan Chervin 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
“I always try to bang out a first, rough draft as fast as I can. There’s a story of George Abbott, the theatre director, coming into the theatre of a musical he was rehearsing and seeing the choreogra...
Daily Dialogue — August 27, 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
(Thanks to Jason Bourne, CIA officer Pamela Landy has found the traitor in her department: Ward Abbott, whose crimes include killing his own aide, Danny. Confronting Abbott in his hotel room, she find...
Concept = Hook 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Whatever degree of importance you attribute to your script’s story concept… it’s probably not enough. Here’s how I begin Lecture 1 of my Core II: Concept class: The foundation of any movie is the scr...
Dispatch From The Quest: Waka Brown 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Over the course of the 24 weeks I am working with the writers in The Quest, each will write a weekly dispatch to share with the GITS community. There are several reasons for doing this, the main one e...
Audio Q&A: Jim Rash (“The Writers’ Room”) 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
For the next two weeks in this time slot (Mon-Fri), I will be featuring Q&A’s from L.A. based screenings recorded and edited by Wendy Cohen. It’s a fantastic resource for those of you who live outside...
How about September as scene-writing month? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
I’ve gotten attached to this pattern of a monthly series in the noon (Eastern) time slot. It started in April with A Story Idea Each Day for a Month. In May, it was Movies You Made month. June, 30 Day...
Go On Your Own Quest — Week 7: Theme 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
The 2013 version of The Quest starts Week 7 today. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by because you can Go On Your Own Quest by following the structure of The Quest to dig into screenwriting theory ...
Movie Trailer: “Antisocial” 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Written by Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the wor...
Scene Description Spotlight: “(500) Days of Summer” 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
One of the best moments in the delightful film (500) Days of Summer is the morning-after-having-sex-with-Summer-big-dance-bit. Here’s a plot summary: He’s Tom, from New Jersey, working in L.A. writin...
Want a free script evaluation on the Black List website? 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Time to hunt for Easter Eggs! I’ve planted an Editor’s Note in one of my nearly 13,000 blog posts dating back to May 2008. The first person to find it and follow its directions wins a free script eval...
