Coming up with original and compelling script ideas is one of the most challenging aspects of screenwriting. If you take a look at what’s been hitting the big screens lately, you’ll realise that it’s become tougher than ever to create
The Screenwriter’s Secret Weapon: Reading Screenplays
When it comes to screenwriting advice, one of the most common suggestions is for screenwriters to read more screenplays. Much like watching more films helps broaden one’s appreciation for the language of film, so does immersing oneself in the world
10 Timeless Screenwriting Hacks
To say screenwriting is a challenge is an understatement. A rewarding art form, there’s some truth to the sentiment that a screenplay is never really finished. It takes a lot of time, effort and practice to write a great screenplay.
The Writer’s Journey: 5 Great Films About Screenwriting
Screenwriters are the unsung heroes of Hollywood who can make or break a film before shooting commences. They’re the originators, the creatives who come up with the stories, the characters and the dialogue to make movies memorable. The writer’s journey
How to Critique Your Screenwriting Work Like a Pro
Screenwriting is a challenging craft and it’s important to be able to critique your own work in order to improve it. Having said that, it can be difficult to be objective about your own writing, especially if you’re emotionally attached
Keeping the Essence of the Original
We recently received a script that required a complete rewrite. The screenplay was not up to scratch when it came to the use of language, grammar and needed some extensive work from a formatting perspective. The script was essentially an
Getting Down to Business (for 3 Hours)
Corey Mandell begins one of the most extensive and approachable interviews ever conducted for the excellent resource on screenwriting that is Film Courage, by asserting that it is easier now than it has ever been to find someone looking to
Contextual Anthropomorphism in Screenwriting
Characters who don’t have the benefit of the spoken word must be anthropomorphized visually, but how was Chuck Jones capable of anthropomorphizing a straight line. It has no eyes. No body to contort, gesture with or express posture. A line
All Is Lost – One of the Shortest Scripts Ever Sold
All Is Lost, which chronicles the harrowing fight for survival of a veteran mariner left adrift after his vessel collides with a stray shipping container, rode what is for a Hollywood film, a distinctively simple premise to extraordinary acclaim. The
Screenwriting Wisdom from Pat Verducci
UCLA Professor Pat Verducci, renowned for her work as a writing coach and story consultant, gave a full hour and 40 minutes of her time to answer questions about the writing process for Film Courage. Over the course of the