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INT. and EXT. Sure You’re Using Them Correctly?

INT. and EXT. Sure You’re Using Them Correctly?

by Trevor Mayes | Feb 25, 2020 | Formatting, Modern Craft, Proofreading, Writing | 36 comments

This one’s easy, right? Not so fast. Everyone knows that when you use INT. in a scene heading, it means “interior” and when you use EXT. in a scene heading, it means “exterior.” That much is straightforward. But what happens when you want...
Peeve Of The Week (4 of 4)

Peeve Of The Week (4 of 4)

by Trevor Mayes | Oct 16, 2019 | Grammar, Pet Peeves, Proofreading, Rants, Words, Writing | 2 comments

Week 4 The final week of pet peeves! Again, these aren’t just words or expressions that bug me for some reason — they’re mistakes I see so commonly when proofreading that they’ve become pet peeves of mine. For the big finale, I have not one but...
Peeve Of The Week (4 of 4)

Peeve Of The Week (3 of 4)

by Trevor Mayes | Oct 9, 2019 | Action Lines, Modern Craft, Pet Peeves, Proofreading, Writing | 0 comments

Week 3 This is a good one. And by good one, I mean a mistake I see all the time that drives me crazy. There’s mistakes See anything wrong with the above subheading? It should be: “There are mistakes,” right? You wouldn’t say, “There is...
Peeve Of The Week (4 of 4)

Peeve Of The Week (2 of 4)

by Trevor Mayes | Sep 24, 2019 | Pet Peeves, Proofreading, Writing | 0 comments

Week 2 Before I jump into Week 2’s pet peeve, I need to make a point of clarification. These items aren’t simply preferences; they are mistakes. Full stop. The reason they’re pet peeves of mine is because I see them so often in scripts. Such is the...
Quick Quiz: What’s Wrong With This Scene?

Quick Quiz: What’s Wrong With This Scene?

by Trevor Mayes | Jun 17, 2019 | Proofreading, Quick Quiz, Writing | 2 comments

Riddle me this You know those puzzles where you’re shown a picture and told there are a bunch of things wrong with it? Well, this is the screenwriting version of that puzzle, and you get to play detective! In the following short scene, there are a number of...
Secret’s Out – Proofreading Options!

Secret’s Out – Proofreading Options!

by Trevor Mayes | Feb 23, 2019 | Proofreading | 0 comments

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...
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