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25th September 2009
After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the Blue Cat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
Do you realize what you're sayin... Read >
Author: ram1725th September 2009
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 for me. A large part of its significance is the reality
that I actually wrote an ending, or, a... Read >
Author: abdullah21st September 2009
Almost everyone thinks they know how to write a screenplay. We’ve all heard someone watching TV saying “I could write a better script than that”!
The truth is that just about everyone does have a story worth telling. Unfortunately most do NOT k... Read >
Author: wbdoyle21st September 2009
The term creative writing is used to discern certain types of inventive or artistic writing from other general types of writing. The field of creative writing is broad and includes many different formats and genres of writing. The broad and general descri... Read >
Author: wbdoyle03rd September 2009
Like so many people, you've decided to take advantage of the video sharing on the Internet. Congratulations, your decision to engage in video marketing aligns you with the fastest growing trend on the Net. Before you get started, you will need the right c... Read >
Author: briankrystihorwitz14th June 2009
The first thing that is developed during the production of a film or television show is the script. “THE SCRIPT IS WHERE IT ALL BEGINS.” Steven Spielberg. The script OR SCREENPLAY (AS IT IS ALSO KNOWN) sets out the story and the complete text of a pla... Read >
Author: Jason McKenna20th February 2009
Ebooks are the fastest growing segment of the book publishing industry. Each year, more and more new and established authors digitally publish their fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenplays and scripts in ebook form.
One of the most common hurdles aut... Read >
Author: Meena Chauhan31st January 2009
This article concentrates on helping performers take the necessary steps towards professionalism and also helps comedians finding their “zone”. It applies to every kind of comedy; stand-up comedy, theatre and other performance arts where comedy is u... Read >
Author: Kim Wist21st January 2009
This article concentrates on helping performers take the necessary steps towards professionalism and also helps comedians finding their “zone”. It applies to every kind of comedy; stand-up comedy, theatre and other performance arts where comedy is use... Read >
Author: Kim Wist13th December 2008
Positioning Yourself as a Freelance Writer
Freelance writing is highly competitive, difficult work, requiring a great deal of insight both into the psychology of the clients you will have, but also into the way to prospect for and handle these clients.... Read >
Author: Johnny Blue Star22nd August 2008
If you are interested in keeping a journal, you have come to the right place. Journaling has many possible benefits to you that are easy to get by just starting to write. A journal is a daily written record of personal experiences and observations. You... Read >
Author: Samantha Asher18th September 2007
On October 15, 1881 a baby by the name of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (Plum to his friends) was born. In 1996, one hundred and fifteen years later, a brand new internet search engine would be named in honor of him, sort of.P.G. Wodehouse was an extremely p... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong02nd September 2007
7,300 days.
That’s about how long ago I got the best writing advice I ever got. Advice so simple, so powerful and so profound, that every time I think about it, and I am humbled. I’ve never been able to follow it completely, but I still understand ... Read >
Author: Colin Eby30th July 2007
If your dream is to write the next great movie or play, you need to know how to get started. More often than not, many people go into this practice blindly and become more confused and frustrated by the whole experience. Instead of floundering around and ... Read >
Author: Grant Eckert09th May 2007
By The Intellectual Property Association
http://www.intellectualpropertyassociation.com
Every year thousands of screenplays are written and only a handful are bought. If you are an aspiring screenwriter who has not yet been able to sell material to Ho... Read >
Author: www.intellectualpropertyassociation.com26th March 2007
What Are “Loglines”?
A log you say? No…Logline!
Now what the blazes is a logline? Simple…a logline is your story’s heart and soul summarized in one or two sentences. The subplots and other obstacles are not included but what the basis of... Read >
Author: museitupeditor17th February 2007
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 saying that is you want me to enter... Read >
Author: Gordy Hoffman24th November 2006
Almost everyone thinks they know how to write a screenplay. Weve all heard someone watching TV saying I could write better script than that!
Perhaps everyone DOES have a story to tell? The question remains, why dont they become screenwriters?
Most p... Read >
Author: mtchair21st August 2006
Do you want your child to have the best Halloween ever?
What's your child's favorite movie or TV character? Does your child have a favorite book character or another character they'd like to be for Halloween?
YOU can make your child's dream come tru... Read >
Author: Mike Dougherty21st August 2006
Why are so many people tempted by these build-a-website and get rich quick schemes?
Does anyone (other than the guy cashing the checks) ever get rich with these?
Can YOU be successful online?
Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, an... Read >
Author: Mike Dougherty25th July 2006
Writing Fiction That Sells
By Patrick Dent
As the craft of writing has evolved, it has naturally formed the plot structure most pleasant to the human mind. This is the Three Act Structure, and it applies to short stories, novels and screenplays al... Read >
Author: Patrick Dent28th March 2006
Novels to screenplays and screenplays to novels...sometimes a work shines in both forms.
I know because I've written seventeen screenplays and converted three of them to novels. I've also worked in the other direction, ghost writing a screenplay into a... Read >
Author: Genie Davis27th March 2006
Imagine you've inherited the rights to a screenplay. You wouldn't be alone. In fact, it's trending -- understandable since forty thousand plus screenplays were written per year for the last twenty-five years. It was only a matter of time before they we... Read >
Author: Matthew Evans19th February 2006
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 for me. A large part of its significance is the reality
that I actually wrote an ending, or, a... Read >
Author: Gordy Hoffman12th February 2006
By Gordy Hoffman
After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
Do you... Read >
Author: Gordy Hoffman04th October 2005
European director Shervin Youssefian who entered the US in 1992
has splashed onto the Hollywood market with one of the most
original screenplays since the Sixth Sense, called Machiavelli
Hangman. While the team of acclaimed producers behind this
p... Read >
Author: Ozzie Coleman03rd October 2005
European director Shervin Youssefian who entered the US in 1992
has splashed onto the Hollywood market with one of the most
original screenplays since the Sixth Sense, called Machiavelli
Hangman. While the team of acclaimed producers behind this
p... Read >
Author: Ozzie Coleman
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