Monday, April 28th, 2008
If you set up your character as a scientist, don't have her later on in the script bogged down by a basic math problem, or talking like she's a high school cheerleader. Even experienced writers run into this glitch, when writing a script over many months or even ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
When describing the character on the page, give us just enough to take a memorable mental snapshot of him, and then move on. We just need enough to have the mental image of him; we don't need his life story or two lines of description. Don't bog down ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
A lot of screenwriters ask me "what's the best way to start the first draft of a script?" Is to write an outline of the whole script? Write out index cards? Write a treatment? What works best for me is to simply get my characters in a room and talking ...
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