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by Bob Verini
It’s taken six years to reach the screen, but Cast
Away scribe Bill Broyles,
Jr. can state unequivocally: “I can definitely say, this is the movie
we set out to make.” Follow Broyles journey as he, Robert Zemeckis and
star Tom Hanks, charts the saga of man who must truly learn to understand himself
in order to survive on a deserted island.
by Rita Cook
With a new spec sale in his hip pocket,
writer Dwayne Smith is set on the path to a bright future in filmmaking
by Genia Shipman
Writing for
a pre-existing character on a TV show can be fun and sounds easy. But is it?
If you don’t really know the character, then you’ve got a lot to
learn.
by Nicole Graham
Writers & Artists Agency’s
Nicole Graham shares with writers what your agent would tell you—if she
weren’t so busy selling your script.
by David S. Cohen
Leslie Dixon, the screenwriter
of Pay It Forward, is definitely not your average screenwriter. This
refreshingly acerbic writer talks about the making of a remarkable film.
by Andrew Leiberman
If you think selling your
script is the really hard part—think again. Find out what every screenwriter
must learn, your script isn’t written it’s rewritten.
by Theresa Welty
At midnight on May 1, 2001 the Writers Guild
of America’s (WGA) current Minimum Basic Agreements with the Alliance
of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) and the three major networks
(ABC, CBS, NBC) will expire. What happens then?
by William C. Martell
What to do when you need
to trim pages from your 136 page screenplay when every word is gold.
by Allen Glazier
You’ve gone through your checklist
and your submission looks professional. But there’s something you might
have overlooked—something that might prevent a good first impression—the
dreaded boring first page. Here are several tips on preventing that BFP.
by Rod Lurie
Want to know
the best way to write a “strong female role”? Find her weakness.
by Diana Saenger
First-time screenwriter, Mike Rich, talks
about how winning the Nicholl Fellowship helped him get his screenplay Finding
Forrester produced.
by Sharon Y. Cobb
This month's follow-up
article tells you how to sell your TV movie ideas, treatments, and scripts
to MOW producers.
by Sally B. Merlin
If you
write a script, at some point you're going to rewrite it—or be asked
to rewrite someone else's work. Although it’s often greeted with a groan,
the art of rewriting is just that—an art.
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