by Trevor Mayes | Mar 11, 2019 | Modern Craft, Writing |
You might be a U.K. screenwriter if… We have to cut the British some slack because their accents are dead sexy and they… well, invented English. But even so, when it comes to breaking into Hollywood — where living too far away from Los Angeles can be...
by Trevor Mayes | Feb 23, 2019 | Proofreading |
Achievement Unlocked I’ve always been worried about becoming too bogged down with Scriptwrecked business to pursue my own screenwriting and filmmaking projects. As such, I’ve been secretly hiding a number services that I only provide to clients who...
by Trevor Mayes | Feb 19, 2019 | Dialogue, Modern Craft, Parentheticals, Writing |
(beat) it Sometimes you need your actors to pause in your script. One of the common ways to convey this action… or rather, inaction, is to use the word “beat.” Here are three ways that people typically misuse BEAT: 3. At the beginning of a dialogue...
by Trevor Mayes | Feb 11, 2019 | Acronyms & Abbreviations, Dialogue, Words, Writing |
Screenwriting is Weird There are tons of “rules” in screenwriting that take a long time to figure out. Many of these so-called rules are shibboleths or leftovers from a bygone era that are handy at weeding out the amateurs from the pros. However, most of...
by Trevor Mayes | Jan 15, 2019 | General |
Scriptwrecked reader, Jenny, asks about line spacing: Final Draft allows you to manually adjust to either ONE or TWO spaces between each scene.Does it really matter?Increasing from one to two lines adds about a page per 120 pages script, so does it really impact...
