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How To Win BlueCat by Gordy Hoffman
Are you preparing to send in your screenplay to the BlueCat Screenplay Competition before the deadline? What can you do before you enter to increase your...
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You’re an Idiot: Making Value from Reaction to your Screenwriting
If you’re like me, if someone doesn’t like something about my screenplay, my very first reaction is always the same. You’re not as smart as me. If you knew...
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The Heart and Soul of Screenwriting: Writing good dialogue and description
Writing dialogue and description is writing a screenplay. You can argue about format and tab margins and what to capitalize and what not. I won’t. Dialogue and...
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You are the Box Office Smash: The Personal Screenplay
Right this very second, in the heart of every struggling, undiscovered screenwriter, in the dark, hidden corner deep within, there is a voice, a clear whisper,...
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Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!)
I’ve only finished so many screenplays in my life. Writing a script all the way to the very last page is always an extremely significant, personal achievement...
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The Rogue Knight of Cinema: Why Screenplay Contests Matter
Screenplay contests are changing cinema. Coming from a person who runs one, your first reaction to this statement is most likely, “The only reason you’re...
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Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience
The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the...
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Naming Your Baby: How to Find a Great Screenplay Title
How exactly does one work on their screenplay title? I recently came up with such a wonderful idea for a movie, one of those miraculous moments, like finding...
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How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall?
Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything...