screenplay
Jul
14
2019
7 Key takeaways newbies need to follow to get their script read.
Michael Franklin
Producer, WriterAppeasing the Gatekeepers. There are many. A wise man once asked, "If your script falls in the forest and nobody reads it, any chance you get the job?" You've spent months agonizing over plot, chara
Jul
13
2019
5 Essential Scriptwriting Suggestions
Kweku Hayford
Executive Producer, Business ManIt’s trite to say that a great script is one that sells, but the hard truth is that there are thousands of interesting stories living their lives in underwear drawers and filing cabinets because they
Jul
12
2019
5 Important Tips For Maintaining Screenwriting Sanity
Kweku Hayford
Executive Producer, Business ManIf a writer’s life can be a lonely one, then a screenwriter’s career is surely spent in an uninhabited corner of the planet Zeron. Scripts don’t read like novels, and your friends and family probably
Jul
11
2019
Mastering the use of Catharsis and adding it to your bag of screenwriting tricks.
Michael Franklin
Producer, WriterKatharsis as the ancient Greeks defined it, meant cleansing or purification. In today's screenwriting world, using Catharsis properly describes a high level of process achieved by the writer, and is u
Jul
10
2019
So you want to be a screenwriter! 4 rules of the road.
Michael Franklin
Producer, WriterIn jest, somebody wrote “Alcohol because no great story ever started with someone eating a salad.” Many famous writers had an addiction to Madame Alcohol. Hemingway said, “It is easy to write. Just
