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The Walking Dead Gripes
Safe Slaughter My first gripe with The Walking Dead is that it's only on once a week. Damn, that show is addictive. My second gripe is more of an actual gripe. You know how those zombies are highly contagious 'n junk, right? For instance, in the last episode they were...
The Villain’s Point of View
Crafting an Authentic Villain Gone are the days of the mustache-twirling villain who is just evil for evil's sake. These days to make your villain engaging and believable he or she must be authentic. So to craft your realistic villain, it's critical that you see the...
Script Writing: Stay with the truth
"Keep true to your own intentions." It's easy to lose your way while writing your script, or when producers are giving you notes. In the following clip, Jacob Krueger (a WGA award-winning screenwriter and founder of Jacob Krueger Studio in NYC) offers some great...
Visionaries or Rip-off Artists? (Or Both?)
When we think of people like James Cameron, Darren Aronofsky, the Wachowski brothers, Tarantino... many words come to mind: visionaries, geniuses, mavericks, thieves -- wait, what? Thieves? The experts at CRACKED.com have come up with another excellent film-related...
New TV Shows – What’s Worth Watching?
We're a few weeks into the 2011 Fall season of new tv shows. I've checked out a few, so I thought I'd give you my highly subjective take on the ones I've watched so far, from "worst" to best. I put "worst" in quotes because none of these shows were bad. But several...
Logline – Screenwriting Software for the Web
Logline Application Here's a great little web app I discovered at the Screenwriting Expo. It's called LOGLINE. And while it has absolutely nothing to do with loglines, it has everything to do with writing a script... without traditional software. This web application...
Screenwriting Expo 2011 – Pitching Tips Pt. 1
Pitching Tips The Golden Pitch Festival The Screenwriting Expo hosts something called the Golden Pitch Festival. You have to pay extra for it, even if you have an Expo Gold Pass, but being able to pitch is worth its weight in... well you know. If you're an...
Screenwriting Expo 2011 – Top 20 Agent Tips
Agents Another post in the continuing saga of my experiences at the Screenwriting Expo this past weekend... Today I'm excited to relay some excellent advice and industry insight from some Agents whose sessions I attended: Victoria Wisdom, former partner at BWK Emile...
Screenwriting Expo 2011 – Why and How to get a Manager
All this week I'll be providing you with insights and stories from this past weekend's Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles. In yesterday's post, I discussed my first impressions of the conference. Today I'll share some terrific insights from the several Managers' panels...
Screenwriting Expo 2011 – First Impressions
The Screenwriting Expo 2011 This weekend I attended the Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles and took in some terrific seminars and panel discussions. I also pitched my latest script to a number of production companies. All this week I'll be updating you with...
William Akers – Only one line space after FADE IN: ?
What the eff? So I was happily writing an article about common mistakes people make on the first page of their script, when I recalled a suggestion by William M. Akers, that I'd previously written about. In his great book, "Your Screenplay Sucks! 100 ways to make it...
Make your characters L.I.E.
"(s)he's not likeable" Have you ever received a note back on your script telling you that your main character isn't likable enough? It's very common. But what does that really mean? The protagonist isn't friendly? Maybe. But it could also mean that the character isn't...