by Trevor Mayes | May 3, 2023 | Action Lines, Style, Writing
What were they thinking? In novels we become spoiled, being able to peer into a character’s mind to know what they are thinking. As a screenwriter, we don’t have that luxury. We must only write what the audience can see or hear. Otherwise, they’re...
by Trevor Mayes | Apr 17, 2023 | Quick Screenwriting Tips, Scene Headings, Scenes, Writing
Establishing When you just want to show a quick EXT. (exterior) shot of a building, before setting up the INT. (interior) shot, is it okay to use a scene heading without any scene description below? Yes! But — you need to add ESTABLISHING after your scene...
by Trevor Mayes | Jan 9, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Tools, Writing
We Are Living In The Future! As screenwriters, we’re always looking for tools and ways to take our writing to the next level. Enter ChatGPT! ChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI that uses machine learning to generate human-like text. It has been...
by Trevor Mayes | Dec 31, 2022 | General, Miscellaneous, Motivation, Writing
Goodbye, 2022! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Life Day or whatever the Flying Spaghetti Monster does, the year end is a wonderful time to reflect on all of our experiences and how they’ve shaped us as writers. It’s crucial to keep in mind that...
by Trevor Mayes | Jun 10, 2022 | Formatting, Modern Craft, Scene Headings, Screenwriting Basics
I’ve been seeing this mistake a lot lately in the scripts I’ve been proofreading. The writer will use SAME when they mean CONTINUOUS. They are not the same thing and have very different uses. SAME TIME SAME (sometimes written as SAME TIME) means that the...
