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Peeling the Onion: Joachim Trier on His Layered, Slow-Burning Louder Than Bombs
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First Draft: 10 Creative Screenwriting Rewriting Strategies
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In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting, written by the team at ScreenCraft. Every so often, the screenwriting world is...
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First Draft: How to Cut the Fat from Your Screenplays
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every...
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Slate Up: Five Screenwriting Practices You Can Learn From Quentin Tarantino
In partnership with Film Slate Magazine, we’re publishing “Slate Up,” a series with practical filmmaking advice and musings. Love him or hate him, Quentin Tarantino has already left an indelible mark...
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View ArticleSlate Up: The Screenwriter’s Steps to Getting an Agent
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You’ve spent hours working on a screenplay that would surprise, delight and inspire audiences—if only you could get it made! Here’s the perfect list of credible writing competitions, screenwriting...
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First Draft: How Emotion and Human Behavior Come Together in Good Screenwriting
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Make it Feel Real: How Moviemaker Robert Edwards Crafted the Illusion of...
The old saying is “Write what you know.” But I know absolutely nothing about the world that my movie One More Time is set in. I don’t come from a show-business family; I don’t have any sisters; my...
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First Draft: 10 Creative Screenwriting Rewriting Strategies
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Peeling the Onion: Joachim Trier on His Layered, Slow-Burning Louder Than Bombs
In Louder Than Bombs, Joachim Trier’s latest exploration on the catalysts and consequences of human behavior, the Norwegian director fabricates a family of men whose communal grieving involves filling...
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First Draft: Subtext, Exposition and Other Tips for Great Dialogue
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting, we present “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, first published by Creative Screenwriting, are posted regularly....
View ArticleFirst Draft: Nine Simple Lessons for Writing Effective Horror Screenplays
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Crafting a horror screenplay is a unique process that goes beyond just telling...
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First Draft: Why “Good Enough” is the Enemy to Screenwriting Greatness
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting, we present “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. New articles, first published by Creative Screenwriting, will be posted...
View ArticleFirst Draft: Three Pros and Cons of Outlining Your Screenplay
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. To outline, not to outline? That is the question I ask myself whenever I sit...
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First Draft: How to Introduce Multiple Characters in a Single Scene
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Here is a writing exercise sure to sprinkle a little fear into the heart of the average...
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First Draft: Is it Surprise, or is it Suspense?
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. I had an interesting experience while binge-watching the first two seasons...
View ArticleFirst Draft: The Difference Between Necessary and Unnecessary Dialogue
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Let’s talk about talk. Specifically, idle talk—also known as chit-chat, chewing the fat,...
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First Draft: Should Screenwriters Write With MPAA Ratings in Mind?
In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Yes, story and character—and the delivery of each of those elements within any...
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