Anyone can become a screenwriter, but being a successful screenwriter is not for everyone. In fact, research shows you’re more likely to get hit by lightning while winning the lottery before succeeding as a professional screenwriter. It’s a career, passion or delusional dream that takes dedication, persistence, thick skins, honing and crafting, hard grafting, talent, […]
“How to Write X” books were the bane of my existence during my time at university. I would keep them on my bookshelf, and the creases in their second hand pages would leer at me whenever I entered the room or worked on a project. I would imagine some author, script writer, or director, sitting […]
Review – The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (3rd Edition) – by Christopher Riley INT. BASEMENT OFFICE – RAINDANCE FILM SCHOOL – NIGHT The WRITER (early 50s), balding, could be in better shape but he’s a slave to his work and not the gym. Hunched over his laptop […]
As a filmgoer many people are willing to be frightened and induce anxiety and be sickeningly entertained through horror cinema? But why go out of your way to scare yourself? On the other side, many others in society consider horror films to be depraved and lead to copycat crimes. I am not one of those […]
(Image: Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workbook: How Writers Turn Ideas Into Stories). Photograph by: Hannah Taylor. *Many thanks to Save the Cat for sending me the Beat Sheet Workbook for the purpose of this review. All views are my own.* Save the Cat! needs no introduction but here is one anyway. Every Screenwriter and […]
*Many thanks to the Writer Emergency Pack Team for sending me both packs for the purpose of this review. All views are my own.* Photo by: Hannah Taylor The ‘Writer Emergency Pack’ was first released in 2014. The original pack included 26 card themes with an ‘Idea card’ and a ‘Detail card’ for each theme. […]
John Yorke’s ‘Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them’’ is a powerful work on storytelling, consisting of analysing a multitude of story structures. From the deeply loved traditional structures of Aristotle and Shakespeare to the more contemporary works of screenwriting geniuses, Robert McKee, and Blake Snyder. About the Author John Yorke […]
Because of the specific challenges that accompany the world of short film creation, it can be a complicated facet of the film industry to break into. Richard Raskin’s book, The Yin and Yang of Short Film Storytelling, is an essential guide to approaching the short filmmaking process from a fresh new perspective. His book moves […]
The opening quotes of praise from a myriad of industry colleagues will make my little review pale into insignificance, as there is no doubt that Dan Attias is a director of some repute, expertise, and experience. Here is an Emmy-nominated director who has worked on an incredible list of amazing television shows such as: Miami Vice, […]
* Thank you to Chronicle Books for providing this product free for the purpose of this review.* The creator of The Writer’s Toolbox is Jamie Cat Callan. An author of popular French Romance novels. During her teaching days, Jamie first thought of the game by using creative and imaginative ways to make her students more […]
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