Screenwriting tips, you hack 150 practical pointers for becoming a better screenwriter
Screenwriting Tip #99Voice-over usually feels like scaffolding. You know-something you left in there when you were constructing the first draft, but really should have torn out after it served its purpose.Screenwriting Tip #120Always remember that funny trumps everything. Your script could be writte...
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Focal Press
2012
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Fade in : before you put digits to keyboard
- No idea : concept is king
- Rebel without a plan : outlining is the best present you can give your future self
- Inciting incident : away we go
- Structure : learn the rules or get off the field
- Description and word choice : say what you mean
- Your protagonist : the most interesting girl in the room
- Showing character : surprises, sock puppets, and bad, bad men
- Dialog : we need to talk
- Genre : waiter, there's a comedy in my thriller
- Productivity : writing equals ass on chair (so buy a decent chair)
- The dark point : why are you doing this again?
- Advanced structure : getting from good to great
- Rewriting : now the real work begins
- Common mistakes : don't be that guy
- Extremely specific mistakes : hey you! yes, you
- Selling yourself : loglines, queries, and managers
- Fade out : why we write