WENDY’S LA4HIRE: Great Screenplay Writing Part 6 – Conflicts & Obstacles
Great screenplay writing always includes conflicts and obstacles. Wendy Kram explains how no good drama or comedy can exist without some conflict the hero must face and overcome.
Script Angel: Script Feedback
Hayley McKenzie is a Script Editor and founder of Script Angel, helping screenwriters elevate their craft and advance their screenwriting career. Follow her on Twitter @scriptangel1. Click to tweet this article to your friends and followers! How do you make sure you’ve got a great script that is really worth shouting...
Business of Screenwriting: Keep It Simple
Former screenwriting agent Michele Wallerstein explains why you need to keep it simple when writing your scripts and pursuing a screenwriting career.
Visual Mindscape: How to Choose a Script Consultant
I begin with a full disclosure that in addition to being a screenwriter I am also a script consultant. As such, I must admit to a certain bias toward the value of script consulting to writers. I like to think of myself more as a script mentor than a consultant, and...
Syd Field: A Historical Perspective
by Dr. Linda Seger The Great American Dream used to be the aspiration to write the Great American Novel, not the Great American Screenplay. A few novelists and playwrights wended their way to Hollywood to write screenplays, often with disastrous results and unhappy lives, feeling constrained by the form and the...
Script Angel: Keeping On The Road To Screenwriting Success
Hayley McKenzie is a Script Editor and founder of Script Angel, helping screenwriters elevate their craft and advance their screenwriting career. Follow her on Twitter @scriptangel1. So now you know how to turn your screenwriting dreams into achievable goals but in reality making plans is one thing, sticking to them is...
Pilar Alessandra – The Script Whisperer
Editor’s Note: Pilar Alessandra lectures at Screenwriters World Conference West this weekend in L.A. Don’t miss the chance to experience her wisdom first hand. Get a discount code for SWCW at the bottom of this post. By John W. Kim Screenwriters come to her from all walks of life and all...
BALLS OF STEEL: Script Consultants – Are They Worth It?
Are script consultants worth the money? Jeanne Veillette Bowerman shares her opinion on consultants and insights into a professional screenwriter's habits.
MEET THE READER: A Response
A few weeks back, Chad Gervich created quite a stir when he wrote an article for this website advising aspiring screenwriters not to use script coverage services. As a professional script analyst who—in addition to assessing scripts for producers, production companies, and screenplay contests—works for a coverage service, Ray Morton had...