From the category archives:

Writing Your Screenplay

Finding an idea for a script

September 30, 2009

If you’re like me you’ve got dozens of seemingly “great” screenplay ideas floating around in your head.  But how do you narrow your ideas down and figure out which ones are worth investing the time and energy to turn into a complete screenplay?
My writing partner, Nathan Ives, and I are close to finishing a screenplay [...]

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Script Consultants

May 19, 2009

Should you pay a script consultant to read and review your screenplay?
Up until a couple of weeks ago I had never used any paid script consultant services.  If you read my blog you’ll know I’m a big proponent of moving to Los Angeles if you’re serious about screenwriting.  One of the reasons to live in [...]

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Getting through the dip and getting your screenplay written

February 11, 2009

Nathan Ives and I are working on a new script. I’ll spare you the boring details about the plot, structure, and character – yeah, we got all those things. Right now we’re almost done a very rough draft. And I mean really rough draft. We’ve been working on it for several [...]

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