OUR ARCHIVES : January 2010To Write a Screenplay On Spec or Not?It’s going to happen to you. When you get to a certain point in your writing, you’ll get requests to work on spec. It is just a natural part of your development as a screenwriter. Your writing has become good enough that some small producers want to work with you. Very likely, they’ll want you [...] Analysis of CASABLANCA Famous LinesThe screenplay, CASABLANCA, had six lines that made the AFI Top 100 Movie Quotes list. This article shows how the writers made those lines so memorable… …and even more important, how you can use the same skills to make your best lines more noteworthy. The New 10 Commandments of Writing Screenplays.Most people know about writing screenplays, but if you break these commandments, your soul will be damned to eternal amateur-damnation… …Or maybe it’ll just be a bit more difficult to become a pro. Either way, you’ll want to really consider these guidelines as you write or rewrite your screenplay. Writing Screenplays By Commandment 1. Entertain [...] Si Dunn Makes Hollywood Reporter!One of our own, Si Dunn (ProSeries 3), has been written up in Hollywood Reporter for a script that was picked up by Drac Studios . See more details on the Screenwriting Buzz page. See the Hollywood Reporter article here . Great job, Si. If Studios won’t take my pitch, then what?Hal, I hear studios won’t take a direct pitch. Normally! you get, “We do not receive unsolicited materials”. You have to go through agencies and when one receives your information most of the time you don’t get any feedback. How can you pitch a story directly to a studio? Nick Nick, Let me can clear [...] What Goes in My Query Letter?Mr. Croasmun, What goes in a query letter? How many requests should I expect from a blast service? Narda Hi Narda, I’ve heard people give percentages (1% – 5%) as some kind of average for what to expect from blast services. But that assumes that every script has the same quality pitch, which is hard [...] Welcome to ScreenwritingU BlogOver the next few weeks, we’ll be adding other key components to the site so that screenwriters can quickly and easily move your projects forward. The good news is that screenwriting is a skill set that can be learned and we’ll have plenty of resources to do that. I’m looking forward to interacting with you. [...] |
