All the best scriptwriting-related articles on the web, rounded up for you in one place! Send links to Bang2write"at"aol"dot"com. Thanks, L
NEW: SCREENWRITING PREPERATION AND PITCH DOCUMENTS
Because you should never just dive in! That way insanity lies...
THE EIGHT STAGES OF TREATMENT WRITING By Lianne
BASIC SCREENWRITING FORMAT - Film School Online
ROBIN'S FANTASTIC SERIES ON WRITING A SCRIPT FOR RED PLANET From Writing For Performance
COMMON SCREENWRITING MISTAKES AND ERRORS
WHAT NOT TO WRITE By Ellin Stein
MOST COMMON SCREENWRITING ERRORS By Charles Deemer
STORYTELLING TECHNIQUES
Answering all the questions we need to know about how to get these techniques down on the page!
LOCATIONS AND ARENA by Mystery Man On Film
FORMATTING A MONTAGE SEQUENCE By John August
FRAMING STORIES By Fun Joel
GOOD EXAMPLES: VOICEOVER, FLASHBACK, MONTAGE, INTERCUT by me
KILLING THE HERO by Robin Kelly
SCENE DESCRIPTION
Some fab articles, including one of my faves, The 16 Steps: it changed my life my friends. No exaggeration. We love you, Bill.
16 STEPS TO BETTER SCENE DESCRIPTION By Bill Martell
DOES YOUR SCRIPT SMELL? By Bill Martell
GETTING IN LATE AND FINISHING EARLY (WITH EXAMPLES) By OSM
SCENE DESCRIPTION, Unknown Author
MAKING SCREENPLAYS VERTICAL by Charles Deemer
WHAT A WRITER DOESN’T WRITE By Danny Stack
LOGLINES
Some great insights here for those struggling to get their big chunk of paper into two sentences!
WRITING LOGLINES THAT SELL By Jonathan Treisman
I WROTE A 120 PAGE SCRIPT BUT CAN’T WRITE A LOGLINE By Christopher Lockhart
WHAT A LOGLINE IS AND WHAT A LOGLINE ISN’T – Equery Guide
TIPS ON LOGLINES – Inktip guide
STRUCTURE
Whether you're re-investigating the form and want to see what others reccommend or all this structure malarkey is Greek to you, here are some great pointers.
THE STRUCTURAL MONOMYTH By The Unknown Screenwriter
SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE – A QUICK REFERENCE By Barry Pearson
HOW TO SCRIPTWRITE, PARTS 1 TO 5 By Andrew Lowes
WRITING ACT ONE OF YOUR SCREENPLAY (From “Screenwriting For Dummies”)
WHAT IS THE THREE ACT STRUCTURE? By Stephen J. Cannell
THE MYTH OF THE THREE ACT STRUCTURE by Crafty Screenwriting
CHARACTERS
Some good stuff here - including a few of my most popular posts from the old blog!
CREATING CHARACTERS THAT JUMP OFF THE PAGE By Robert Gregory Brown
CHARACTERS ARE MORE THAN JUST WITTY DIALOGUE by Mark Hosack
CHARACTER INTRODUCTION by John August
CREATING CHARACTERS By Sam North
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Part 1 by moi
HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Part 2 by moi
SURPRISING CHARACTERISATION by Danny Stack
GENRE
A few words from my fellow bloggers here...Nice one guys.
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF HORROR by James Moran
THRILLER NOTES by The Potdoll
WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL DRAMA AND RITES OF PASSAGE? By The Potdoll
TOP TEN ROMANTIC COMEDIES by Billy Mernit
DIALOGUE
Dialogue... Probably the thing people seem to obsess over the most! Some good tips here for avoiding "on-the-nose" exchanges in particular.
TOP TEN TIPS FOR WRITING BETTER DIALOGUE By Ginnie Weihardt
WRITING EXERCISES: DIALOGUE By Stephen J Cannell
A SELECTION OF INSIGHTS ON WRITING DIALOGUE From The Marvellous Screenwriter's Toolkit
DIALOGUE By Danny Stack
TWELVE EXERCISES FOR IMPROVING DIALOGUE By The Writers' Resource Center
WRITE BETTER DIALOGUE by The Thinking Writer
THE REALITIES OF SCRIPT READING
Be warned: now you may understand why your masterpiece has slipped by the notice of many a high-powered Exec! ; )
READER PET PEEVES by Scott The Reader
CONFESSIONS OF A GENIUS SCRIPT READER By Allan Mcavoy
CONFESSIONS OF A SLUSH PILE READER By Patricia Chui
DAY TWO IN THE LIFE OF A HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT READER by Tiffany Stone
IMAGINARY NOTES FOR FAWLTY TOWERS From That's The Bitterness Speaking Blog
WRITING FOR RADIO
Because Bang2writers really seem to love radio nowadays... If you see a useful article that ISN'T on the BBC site, do get in touch.
BRINGING A RADIO SCRIPT TO LIFE By Bert Coules
TIPS FOR WRITING RADIO DRAMA [Plus Sample Scripts] From The BBC Writers' Room
ANOTHER SAMPLE RADIO SCRIPT
SAMPLE RADIO SCRIPT COMPARISON 2
MISCELLANEOUS
Best of the rest!
SCREENWRITING CINDERELLAS By Ellin Stein
HOW DOES SHIT MAKE IT TO SCREEN? A look at crap movies.
TOP TEN UNPRODUCED MOVIES Even being successful doesn't mean all your specs get made!
INTERVIEW - ON SCREENWRITING FOR INDIE FILMMAKERS from Script For Sale
GLOSSARY OF CINEMATIC TERMS From Film Site
GLADIATOR FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN (PDF) By Jonathan Blackwell
A GUIDE TO FEATURE FILMWRITING (PDF) BY Joe TeeVee
DEVELOPMENT GLOSSARY by Lianne AKA The Optimistic Reader
THE BUSINESS OF SCREENWRITING: A GUIDE FOR WRITERS by Marvin Acuna
HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY by eHow
INSPIRATION
For when you feel it's not worth being a writer!
IVORY TOWER By Phill Barron
CONFIDENCE AND ATTITUDE by Danny Stack
Saturday, April 07, 2007
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Oooh, how flattered am I that I've made it onto the list! And thanks for re-posting, saves me trawling through the old blog looking for some of these.
Oh, and I found Potdoll's notes on drama and rites of passage really useful too, I'd recommend including those.
I am on the list too. Woo-wee. Go Google Alerts! My howtowriteascreenplay.net is also like a mini-book on structure.
Jim
Doh! Already included.
Thanks.
Lianne - no problem! And I agree about Potdoll's notes on Drama and Rites of Passage, so have now included them on the list.
Jim - Don't mention it... I'm LOVING your work dah-link! ; ) Hope to see you round these parts again (oooh matron!)
oh my, I think I done just got a tad bit too excited... in my pants!
thanks L
You're welcome MQ...and ewwwww!!!
I would have been shocked and horrified if I hadn't made the list, but thankfully I have. Yay for being on lists! Except death lists, which are obviously bad.
Hah. You're still on MY death list. Why else am I going to see you next month...?!
well it's nice to see I was an AFTER THOUGHT!
bloody charming.
;)
Bookmarked! Nice one.
Promise to blog about the bonus material and I will send you a copy of Hard Scrambled (www.hardscrambled.com for sample).
Jim
Potsy! I'll have you know your thriller notes were on there FIRST and you are the only writer to make it onto the list THREE TIMES my friend!!! So there! : P
Sir Danny of Stackshire - no problem my veritable screenwriting dude.
And Jim - welcome back! And I absolutely promise to blog about the bonus material if you send me a copy of Hard Scrambled! My contact details are on the front of this blog my good sir.
HAPPY EASTER ONE AN' ALL!!!
Squeak! Ok let you off...
:) X
Don't forget - if you think your fave has been ommitted from the list - or perhaps you want one of yours included - then email me! LET'S MAKE THIS THE BIGGEST MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIST ON THE 'NET! YAY!
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