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ScriptTips - Proper English? Feh!

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

"Movies are movies and books are books, and never the twain shall meet." - Confucious Look at these two examples. (a) "Hello, Delilah. Are you going to the parade this afternoon? I am bringing my pet rock, Alfred." (b) "Hey Delilah. You goin to the parade this ...

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ScriptTip - Get your characters talking

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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