by Trevor Mayes | Jun 23, 2014 | Motivation, Screenwriters, Writing
Anyone else out there a fan of MMA (mixed martial arts)? No? Doesn’t matter, this lesson applies to any professional endeavor — including screenwriting. So there’s this fighter named Benson Henderson. He’s got about as much genuine swagger as...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 11, 2014 | Feedback, Rewriting, Script Notes, Script Proofreading, Words, Writing
There are many writing achievements that I’m proud to have accomplished: placing in/winning script competitions… having my first script optioned… getting my first paid writing gig… And now I’ve been asked to be the first guest script...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 6, 2014 | Dialogue, Grammar, Writing
Are you a sloppy writer? Of all the common, lazy mistakes I encounter when reading scripts, the one that possibly irks me the most can be found in the following dialogue exchange. Have a look: TOOKY Look, I ain’t playin’ with you. Give me the money, or you...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 4, 2014 | Dialogue, Writing
Whether I’m providing script notes or I’m proofreading scripts, I often find instances where the writer has used three dots (…) where she should have used two dashes (–), or vice versa. When used at the end of a sentence in scene description,...
by Trevor Mayes | May 22, 2013 | Miscellaneous, My Experiences, Shorts, Writing
Time Flies 292 Days. That’s how long it’s been since my last post. Yikes. So where the hell have I been and what have I been doing? Writing. As much as I love this blog, it occurred to me a while back, that I didn’t want to be a successful blogger. I...
by Trevor Mayes | May 31, 2012 | Words, Writing
Spra-what? Some of the coolest words that have permeated the English language are German in origin: schadenfreude… zeitgeist… doppelgänger… And they’re fun to say too! My new favorite word? Sprachgefühl. Why? For years I’ve been talking...
